"Dave Miller" wrote in message
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I like the idea, but I don't think it would work for me. The stairs
down to the basement have a landing and a right angle to negotiate. I
take it you had a straight flight of stairs, if so that would make sense
to use the stretcher to slide down.

That was up.

The stretcher was only a couple inches longer than the jointer and the same
width. It removes any temptation to lift from the ends of the infeed and
outfeed (which I hear is a no-no).

I still think it could work for you just to give you safe holding and a
place to tie a rope if need be.

-s