Neil,
I was very impressed when I looked over this machine recently, at Homewood, and I was comparing it to the Schppeach 260 and the Record Now thats hardly a fair comparison but it was what they had in the showroom as if you go for comparable capability through the jointer/thicknesser, we get Jet @ £1900, Scheppach at £800 and Record Power @ £500 - So I'm looking across the board here :shock: . Given the space and money, no doubt about it I'd go for the Jet. They looked and felt so solid. However, I still think the difference in price between the larger Jet jointer, relative to the smaller capcity is too much. Have I got my figures right? :?: You get just 30mm extra width for that £400? :shock:
>Extra large, 1700 x200mm
>(1820 x 230mm 60A) cast iron
Anyway, on a different note, Record seem to have taken to covering the jointer surface in paint on the RSPT260, to make it look like cast iron
? The bloke in the shop suggested rubbing it off with abrasive paper!!!! I only moved the fence a couple of times and it started to scratch - and it was rough - I can't even imagine how you'd push a piece of timber across it? Oil it perhaps :wink: - actually I wouldn't put it past Record to suggest that :x And the cut on the fence where the blade spins wasn't up to much - it was so badly cut - you could slice your finger on it. I mean painting the surface? Whatever are they thinking?
Bemused.
Adam
