Big Shed
8th November 2007, 03:38 PM
Ever since I bought the 15" thicknesser I have been eying off a dedicated jointer. I have a planer/thicknesser as well as the thicknesser and wanted a dedicated jointer to replace that.
I had looked at the 8" jointer at C/tec and have been tempted a few times. Last week I was browsing through one of the GraysOnline auctions (bad habit) and came across an 8" Woodman jointer(1991). To cut a long story short, I placed the winning bid for it. Went to collect it (Melbourne) yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by its' condition, actually looked better "in the flesh" than in the auction photo.
Got it home yesterday, and with the help of the trusty carry-all on the tractor got it out of the trailer and in to the shed.
Spent a few hours today disassembling things and cleaning and lubricating, end result is one nice jointer with straight beds. Only things left to do are fitting a dust port and making up a mobile base. Also need to remove blades and get them sharpened as they have a few nicks. Other than that, it works very well nad for undre half new price I'm not complaining.
Was surprised that it had a 15A plug, the motor is only 2hp.
I had looked at the 8" jointer at C/tec and have been tempted a few times. Last week I was browsing through one of the GraysOnline auctions (bad habit) and came across an 8" Woodman jointer(1991). To cut a long story short, I placed the winning bid for it. Went to collect it (Melbourne) yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by its' condition, actually looked better "in the flesh" than in the auction photo.
Got it home yesterday, and with the help of the trusty carry-all on the tractor got it out of the trailer and in to the shed.
Spent a few hours today disassembling things and cleaning and lubricating, end result is one nice jointer with straight beds. Only things left to do are fitting a dust port and making up a mobile base. Also need to remove blades and get them sharpened as they have a few nicks. Other than that, it works very well nad for undre half new price I'm not complaining.
Was surprised that it had a 15A plug, the motor is only 2hp.