The machine quality is amazing. Sevice not so much. Must have called them 4 times before they finally sent me instruction how to calibrate my machine. I kept having to call them to remind them to email me the brochure. They finally did. Then I ordered the digital dial indicator that comes with the special wheel. Paid for it in full and they send me the dial indicator and told me they would send me the wheel one week later cause they did not have it in stock. One month later I called them to remind them to send me the wheel. I got it 2 weeks later. I recently talked to another salesman about a felder sliding table saw. He seamed to be more on the ball. He gave me a price including delivery and send a guy over to install and calibrate it. Hoping to be able to afford it soon. There products are excellent quality and would still buy from them regardless of service. Hope that helps you make your decision.

@@frenchriversprings Thanks a lot. Glad to hear.

@@KlausPedersen_gaffa Hello, is it true that China produces them?

@@huseinstolar2018 Not to my knowledge. As I understand all their products are produced in Austria.

​@@KlausPedersen_gaffa The word I have from a FELDER/HAMMER source is the HAMMER line is made in China and assembled in Austria, so take that for what it is worth. I just went through a six-month ordeal that I ended up having two A3 31's delivered, the second one was to be a replacement for the defective one. And both ended up having major issues. I know many people have and love their HAMMER's, and I wish I could be one of them. But at this point, and after 20+ hours of technicians working on the two I got, I have decided to try my luck with the FELDER line. I am looking at spending more and getting an AD 531. Hopefully the third times a charm…

The Format machine also costs a lot more $$$ and the Hammer is a pricey enough machine as it is.

Thank You

Thank you Bryan and happy new year to you as well!

Yes for sure stop in next time if you have time. Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Thank You. It's the craftex CX 400. Not the best quality but it does the job

@@frenchriversprings thx man, ok good, its just that i realized with my hammer c3 31 that you really need a good and powerfull collector when planing large pieces, best regards

I like your taste in equipment. You mentioned dust collector. What other brands have you looked at?

I often plane wood 12 inch wide so I’m really happy I got the 16 inch planer. Also handy if you want to do cutting boards. If you want to build bird houses then yeah the 12 inch planer is just fine.

If you have a small shop I would recommend getting the rolling carriage (actually I'd recommend it regardless of the size of the shop). You can butt the machine right up against the and easily pull it away from the wall when you use it. Once you push the fence all the way in the whole machine is not much wider than the planing bed itself.

@@bluewren65 Would you say, about 20-24"? I'm also looking at the dimensions as the space it will be going in is quite tight. It's already a good fit with my 8" jointer there so I would imagine going to 16", I would lose some walkway space, but just wondering how much space...

@@davidn7945 if you want to use it at full capacity, you need at least the width of the jointer capacity in between the machine ad the wall, since the fence moves back

No if I do a lot then I usually put it on. If I joint 2” or thicker then I feel safe without the guard but I still have to be vigilant and know the danger of the machine.

@@frenchriversprings feeling safe is very dangerous, you should work safely. Check everything before turning on the machine, always use the blade guard in the correct way. Do you feel safe working with gloves? It is very dangerous, once caught in the running blade you can’t remove your hand, the machine will do it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpaZmNGo1L3Zh40.html

Chez Commonwealth plywood a North Bay

@@frenchriversprings Vendent-ils au publique ou si je doit être enregistré comme business?

Oui il vende au public mais je sais pas ci le prix est plus élevé. J’achète aussi à Neos à Sudbury mais eux il vende seulement au business enregistre.

I was taking off about 1/16". My dust collector was hooked up to the machine.

Because if I joint both sides, the thickness will not be the same at both ends of the board

@@frenchriversprings Ah, right, gotcha. Makes sense.

Ya they will let your bones bleach in the desert 😂

I submitted a question on their website and had a sales guy calling me the following morning :)

Happy new year a Jason! I feel pretty safe not using the jointer guard when I joint wood 2" or thicker but I always use it when jointing less than 2" thick.

@@frenchriversprings how do you like the euro guard vs. Porc chop style?

Yeah the Euro guard works really nice. Better than the pork chop style for sure.

my only hesitation is the length

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It should be called an analogue indicator. But it does have digits on it.

@@bluewren65 - It's a mechanical digital indicator, as opposed to an electronic digital indicator. But not analogue - "relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity".

@@Wayfarer-Sailing I stand corrected. Either way, it is amazing and I would recommend it to anyone buying this machine.

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lol wut

that doesn't even work