It's no bargain
Written: Jan 26 '06
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Pros: Low purchase cost, light weight (portable)
Cons: Not reliable, expensive to maintain, table was warped, fence is flimsy.
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| dlowman's Full Review: Delta Shopmaster Bench Top Jointer JT160 |
For $200 you can't expect too much, but unless you are only looking for a workshop decoration that is used less than once a year, look for a different machine. Even if you can live with the poorly machined table and flimsy fence, it will cost you more to maintain this than you would pay if you had bought a good machine in the first place. The speed control on mine has failed twice in two years. When that fails the machine is out of service for several weeks while the expensive repairs are being made. I'm now trying to find some way to bypass the speed control but so far have had no luck. Nor have I been able to locate a speed control board to install myself. Unless I have missed something, you will be forced to take the machine into an "approved" Delta repair shop. Delta won't even respond to e-mail. My advice: don't buy it.
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