"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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.


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

Dave

It does not matter what can be done. Read your second sentence. If you
buy
the 6", you will always wonder if you should have bought the 8". You may
not need it for years and all of a sudden, you have a 7" board and you
will
kick yourself in the ass for not buying the 8". Avoid the grief and get
it
now.

Yes but using that logic, shouldn't he buy the biggest possible jointer
made?
SH