I did quite a bit of reading a while back, and ended up concluding that the FS41ES was the machine to get.? It seemed like the general opinion was that it was a better engineering combo machine.? Up here at Lake Tahoe, the high altitude forces one to de-rate the performance of a dust collection system.? I was leaning towards the FS41ES anyway, but the deciding factor was the dust collection not needing to trade sides allows for a shorter length of flex hose, and thus a lower static pressure in the duct work.? Unfortunately, I've never owned one of the Felder jointer/planer combos, so I cannot directly compare from personal experience.
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-Michael Wolf
Tahoe City, CA
