I've changed knives on both. Problem? OK maybe it doesn't rate as a problem
but it is a bit of a struggle to get the new knives set properly compared to
the Jet, and more time consuming.

"Leon" wrote in message
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"Chris Friesen" wrote in message
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Max Mahanke wrote:
You"ll wish you had held out for the Jet 15" the first time you have to
change knives. The 15" has the motor mounted in the base (a direct
steal
from Powermatic post aquisition) with a nice big unobstructed access
panel
on the top. The top-mounted motor is a direct steal from Delta and
puts
changing knives on par with changing spark plugs on a '73 Corvette.

I've never used either of them, but it seems to me that the fixed lower
table would allow you to build fixed in/outfeed extensions if desired.

I have the 15" Delta top mount motor planer and while I agree that the
motor
is a little in the way, with the top cover off I cannot see that it will
be
much of a problem when removing the blades.