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Have you checked it out in person? I'm in a dilemma too. 150 kilos is really too heavy for my shop but I want something with decent quality. 60-80 kilos is easier to move around. If you really like it and it's too much for the budget, wait and save up. You'll be happier in the long run. In...

True, but the only way to make really sure that any piece of machinery is perfectly true and square is to test and buy a particular machine in the shop. Usually not possible through mail order or shop since most come from a warehouse somewhere or are demonstration models. Cast iron should stay...

I am also looking at those two machines. But the best machine for the price, to me, looks like the Axminster AW106PT2 Planer thicknesser with Cast Iron Fence now for 582,75! Cast iron is the key! my pro furniture making bud says that you want cast iron bed+fence. Very, very few if any other...

thanks dave!

Check out this link. www.vdhbv.nl/Html/Producten/vdhbv/Neder ... m5960.html If this doesn't help you can call VDH (they're the dealer in the Netherlands) Telefoon: +31 (0)30 296 32 70 E-mail: [email protected] good luck

Record Power RPBS12 bandsaw. I am thinking of buying a secondhand one that has supposedly hardly been used. It cost about 115 pounds. Does this sound like good value? Are there members out there who have one (and are happy or not with their's?) and could offer advice. Any info you could give...