On 3/12/2021 10:39 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
wrote in message ...

Agreed.Â* An extra 8" on a 72" bed doesn't seem like it's worth much
and could be a real problem.Â* I marked that up to the design
marketeering department.

I've been thinking about that roller and also about some of the boards
I've run through my DJ-20. The beds on the DJ-20 are 76.5" and I've run
12'-16' stock through it. The wood drags on the edge of the infeed table
as it's fed. I'm thinking that the roller would likely reduce or even
eliminate that friction and make it easier to feed the wood.


Yes. But when the end of the board clears the roller it falls and drags
on the end of the in feed table.... ESPECIALLY on boards less than 8' long.

Eliminating that friction or drag would be temporary with every board
that is longer than the in feed table.