I bought my 15 from Leneave Machinery in Charlotte, NC...nice people.
They have both and discouraged me from the overmount because of the
difficulty of changing knives.
This is probably the right answer, since the boards are grabbed firmly by
the rollers as soon as they go in.
When they come out, I'm usually holding them.
The stationary table looks great and if I did large quantities and could let
the table catch the output I'd revisit the question. For sure, the knife
change with the undermount is a non event. The only thing to take off is
the dust chute plate on top and then the knives are in your face.
Wilson
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Hi,

I am looking at purchasing a 15" or 16" planer. I see that delta has the
DC-380 15" planer and Jet has the JWP-16OS: 16" planer. Both of these
planers have overhead motors so the feed table is stationary. It seems
that
both manufactures are no longer offering under mounted systems in the 15"
range (at least on their web sites). I looked at the 20" models and they
all have under mounted motors where the feed table moves.

Here are a couple of questions :

- I had seen a couple of posts related to the JWP-16OS. Does anyone have
any more feedback on this planer (This is the one I am leaning toward;
should I be looking at something else)?
- Does anyone know why these two companies discontinued under mounted
motors
in this size range of planer?
- Is the overhead mounted motor system a bad choice?
- Does anyone know of any recent reviews on this size of planer (I have
been
searching on the Internet but have found nothing so far)?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike