On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:23:44 -0400, John Grossbohlin wrote:

Has anyone come across an article that compares and contrasts various
power feeds across various applications? Of particular interest is the
use of power feeds on shapers (3 HP), table saws (3 HP), and also for
use on large bandsaws (e.g., 36" 5 HP) for resawing. I didn't find
anything like this on the FWW or PWW sites though Lonnie Bird's book on
shapers discusses power feed use but in generic terms...

Thanks,

John

I haven't seen any articles, but I have used power feeders a lot.

On table saws they do increase setup time to the point that I wouldn't
consider using one for less than 30 pieces and depending on the job
might stretch that out to fifty pieces.

On a shaper though there are jobs that I would set one up for a one
off, such as profiling a round table top edge, with straight work
it would be much the same as table saw work.

basilisk