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Default Northfield jointer nearby?

Sonny wrote:

On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 2:33:56 PM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Adjusted for inflation, that's a $22,000 jointer..... Pretty much
out of the class of Rockwell/Delta or Powermatic tools; and not suprising
that they still support them.


This machine has issues, so its value is much lower than a functioning machine. I'll have to do some repairs, hopefully not major, and lots of cleaning, probably some adjusting of stuff, also, maybe. I need to "learn" the machine to figure out what needs tuning up, etc., if need be. I'm not familiar with this caliber of machine, but I'll learn.

For the time being, I searched for specs as to the machine's footprint, to drill holes in the 2X10 supports for transport. Didn't find specs, but found this video about Northfield. I'm impressed. I think I, now, know what Jeff looks like, should I need to contact him, again. Putting a face to a voice is nice. He obviously knows his stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z59Kp8SbbfM

Sonny


https://www.youtube.com/embed/z59Kp8SbbfM?autoplay=1&start=400&end=458
In the last seconds of the above clip Jeff says: "If you don't have a
pattern shop, don't buy one." So, is a 'pattern makers jointer' ONLY
for _angled_ jointing and is incapable of true 90deg edge jointing?