8" Jointers: Powermatic 60B vs Delta 37-365X

I don’t know model numbers off the top of my head, and I don’t feel like searching, so… I’d keep the Delta if it’s a DJ-20.

I own one myself, preferring the levered parallelogram mechanism over others I’ve owned. The mechanism never sticks or gets dirty.

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I should have repeated the model numbers in the body of the post. They are Powermatic 60B and Delta 37-365X which is in the Delta DJ-20 family. :}

Powermatic

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Don’t have or know about either but if one has a carbide spiral hear, I’d keep it.

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I am with Thomas. I have the 6” version and it is a solid jointer. Wish I had gone with the 8” instead, though.

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Ok Steve, how did you manage to come up with TWO new jointers in the shop?

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You got two 8” jointers for christmas???? I’ll have the adoption papers delivered in the morning! :-] thanks dad! hehehehehehe. I’d keep the PM unless one of them has the shelix head.

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THe 60b has the standard design bed does it not? I could very tempted by the parallelogram design of the DJ20. However, my understanding is that the DJ-20’s that fall under the X-5 series had issues with quality. This is not from personal experience mind you just stuff I have read.

-- Chris

I’d keep the one that works best.

Why would you do anything else?

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Well Skeezics, the fact is that I have two Powermatics and one Delta. I thought stating I had two was bad enough and didn’t want to rub in the fact that I was able to get three. All are new and I don’t want to run any of them (GaryK) to do comparison tests partly because I’m not that much of an expert and partly because I want to sell whatever two I don’t keep as “new”. Might not be direct from a store, but they still have the cosmoline or whatever rust preventative junk on them.

Thanks to this great family of sawdust fanatics for all your input – past and future.

Steve

I would be interested in hearing how Santa left you two jointers as well. I have had a Sawstop on my list for several years running and it seems that his sleigh with a lift gate just happens to be in the shop every Christmas. So it must have been up and running this year (at least in SC). :)

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when santa was up on the shop roof christmas eve I saw all the iron hangin out the sleigh and I got the bright idea that if I was to shoot one of them reindeer he wouldnt be able to get airborn and would hafta leave some o that here. and it woulda worked BUT….. them reindeers is bullet proof! then the ol fat man looked me in the eye and said “one o them 8” jointers was going to be mine but since I tried to shoot ol donner [didnt know what one I was shootin at] I’m gonna deliver your jointer to someone else.” :-[ boy did I screw up! So being it was gonna be mine I will gladly pay shipping for you to send it back to me. hehehehe.

skeez

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Skeez, you musta hit a bit back and low. Blitzen didn’t drop on your roof, and took a while, but that deer keeled over near me and Santa made an emergency landing. The big guy had to lighten his load – being that he had one less reindeer – and that’s how I got three. The PM 60B’s are for sale at $1,000 each. $800 off the lowest price I found on the net and hopefully will make someone happy. ;}

:-} guess I better be gettin back to the range…... twas worth a shot. albeit a bad shot! :-]> wish I wasnt so broke. I would hafta take one o them off ur hands.

skeez

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