On 12/11/2012 9:44 PM, Han wrote:
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All in all, I'm sorry to say, it looks like a marginal machine but one
would hope one could manage to tune one up...

I'm going to be busy doing other stuff until the beginning of next week.
But I will take a look and see what I can do to tune it up. Or I will
just build me a sled.

I don't know what you do in general but if this one ends up not
satisfying but you're limited in space, consider scouring around for one
of the _old_ Delta|Rockwell/Delta 4" guys...

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=11995

These won't set benchtop but don't take much space and while small are
very much capable.

If you really don't need the width for surface jointing wider material
you can't go wrong. They come up now and again for a pittance
(comparatively to anything of similar quality these days, anyway).

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