Thank you all for your excellent replies. You've given me much more to
think about than just saving money over buying S4S at a retailer.

(I'll probably have to settle for something like the Delta JT160 as the
JT360 is certainly too heavy to carry up and down stairs by myself!)

Daniel wrote:
Hello,

Does anyone have a *rough* estimate on how much rough-sawn wood one has
to put through these two pieces of machinery to get to the point where
you just break even on your machinery purchase, compared to purchasing
surfaced lumber at higher costs?
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