Thanks for the comment Martin and glad to hear you're getting on well with yours. I guess I'll be looking into those maintenance tasks in a year or so too!

Thanks. I've been considering them but also wondered whether I could use a pallet truck for the whole workshop but it does need quite a bit of space to get in and out of what it's moving. Works for now though. Love your work. 👍

@@beyondutility Thank You...we are trying to raise the bar....

What a great idea! Seems so obvious now you've said it, but I hadn't thought of it. Thank you.

I was exactly the same! Have you removed the bottom screw? I think it's hidden beneath the yellow bit I think you need to pull that yellow bit out downwards (maybe). If I remember correctly it's a clip which locks the front in place and you need to put a fair amount of force to snap it out. I did it about 6 months ago so can't remember exactly and I'm not near the machine until next week. Hope this helps.

😂 probably yes!

Interesting to hear your thoughts. I'm not really sure what is reasonable or not and I've seen others saying that the tolerance of the beds is not good enough so could well be right.

@@beyondutility For any jointer to be accurate it has to have tables that are dead flat.With a machine of genuine quality you would simply not be able to slide a feeler gauge under your straight edge. Felder beds and tables are notorious for being unstable. The ribbing is not deep enough and they don't season their castings properly to stabilise them before machining them. Quality machine tables are seasoned, case hardened then surface ground for greatest accuracy and wear resistance. Felder tables are just surface milled because it's quick and cheap. Cast iron takes time to stabilise. It needs to be exposed to temperature cycling for at least two years outside in the weather.

@@joschmoyo4532 Interesting. Are there other brands that you recommend which are produced to tighter tolerances?

@@beyondutility Yes, but of course your looking at industrial quality machine's where production runs rely on tight tolerances. But that is no excuse for a company the size of Felder to cut corners. The most important tool you need when looking to buy any machine is an engineer's straight edge. If Felder made metal lathes or mills to this poor standard they would not last five minutes. The machines would be unusable. Personally I can't believe they get away with it but most hobby woodworker's really don't know better. They fall for the spiral head cutter and think that makes the machine awesome ! I'm not a big SCMI fan myself but your more likely to get a better machine from them than Felder. Unless your prepared to hunt for a good used Wadkin. Combination machines are a crippling compromise. Most full time wood machinists hate them because they are slow and inaccurate.

@@joschmoyo4532 thanks for your thoughts. Much appreciated.