"Bernard R" wrote in message
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Knothead wrote:
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Thanks for all the responses. Looks like I need to do some more homework.
I
just emailed the Oliver folks for a quote on the moter but it is not a
direct drive so I am looking for a cheaper motor. I'm hoping Max is right
and I can find a motor a few hundred dollars.

At one time surpluscenter.com had some motors for woodworking machines
at reasonable prices.

I'll look into it thanks for the tip

This is going to be part of
barn restoration and we are going to be resizing beams right on sight from
a
second building at the sight. Nearest place to handle these beams would be
120 miles round trip so we won't be jobbing out offsite.

Are you taking any precautions about scanning the beams before planing
them? Having been bitten before by hidden nails and one time by an
enbeded bullet I try and avoid putting reclaimed wood through a planer,
gets expensive - even more so with those helical blades.

Yep, have 2 different versions of metal detector but at this point most of
the nails are not much higher than as high as a man can reach... Besides the
roof

Distance also
accounts for the delivery charge and I think 300 is reasonable since
they'll
drop it wherever I want. And this is well off the beaten path. I have no
experience with the Oliver but the bed is two feet longer than any
competitors for the same price and I have to admit all the actions and
tables have excellent movement and adjustment and appear to be superior to
Grizzly's like sized product. I could certainly change my mind and move it
back to the shop after the project. So in the end while it sounds like
it's
not the deal of the century I don't think I'm getting hosed either. If I
can
knock the motor cost down I think I'll pull the trigger on it. Will post
some photo's if I do buy it.

Joe,
Knothead