"Owen Lawrence" wrote in message
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I see lots of comments from people that they'd like to have a longer
jointer, but don't necessarily need a wider one. So why don't
manufacturers
make 6" jointers with the same bed length as today's 8" jointers?

- Owen -



They do, but it multiplies problems with the iron castings, takes up space,
and gains relatively little over the shorter, given effort by the operator.