Get the 8" or bigger
I bougtht new 6" Powermatic last year .. the long bed won out over the extra
width. Of course now they have 8" long bed now thinking of selling to up
grade. Most wood I buy is 6-8 inch wide when I need to face joint I would
prefer to face joint them whole width rather than rough ripping then face
joint

"Dave" wrote in message
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It seems to me that a jointer is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase. When I
look back at tools I have bought before, I often wonder why I didn't buy
better quality or bigger equipment from the beginning. Therefore, now that
I
am looking at buying a jointer, I feel tempted to go for an 8" machine
rather than smaller.

On the other hand, I do wonder if it will be more than I would ever
use. It seems also that if you make a mistake and hit a nail, those 8"
knives will be worth a lot more to replace. With this being a small market
tool, resale value of a bigger device would probably not match up as will
with purchase price. Certainly you pay lots more for the extra couple of
inches. I don't yet have any significant hands-on experience and therefore
would definitely be a newbie to that tool.

Any ideas out there? Can you do almost as much on a 6" machine as an
8"?

Dave