bf wrote:
I've never used their disposable blade system. I guess my concern
would be the quality of the disposable blades and how long they last,
and how well they wear. Will they get dinged easy on knots?
That's a good point. But given the cost of the disposable blades
($18) and the regular blades ($53), it looks like I can keep 3 sets
of disposable spares on hand for just a bit more than the cost of
one set of regular knives.
While I don't think I'll be dinging the knives up all that much, I am
concerned about how much dicking around it'll take to change and set
the regular type knives. My skills and patience for dealing with
fiddly stuff is pretty low, so I think it'll be worth the additional
up front expense to get the disposable knives and then not have to
loath and dread the prospect of changing the knives when they do need
it. Plus, I'd rather be working with the wood than working on the
jointer.
Really, you don't need to change blades on a jointer very often if you
use a planer for the majority of your "flattening".
That's what I'm thinking. I'll use the planer for stuff wider than
6" and the jointer for face planing smaller stuff, edge jointing and
making rabbets. The main thing I want is edge jointing, so I think
I'll be fine with 6".
[Truck Freight]
It depends on the driver. Some will park on the curb and make you
unload it off the truck. Some will be nice and take it off the truck
and even wheel it into the garage for you. I don't think I'd push my
luck and ask them to carry it down basement stairs or anything like
that LOL.
My shop is in a two car garage, but I've got a bit of an incline
to my driveway. My concern is the driver will show up with a big
truck (i.e., anything designed to back-up to a the level of a loading
bay) and then there'd be no way I could manage to wrangle the thing
out of the truck and safely down to the ground. But if I were to
go get it from the freight depot I think I could wrangle it into
my pick-up (assuming they won't put it in there for me) if I had
to and I could then back my pick-up straight into the garage and
get it out that way.