Stan,
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Good that all the contributions allowed you to define the approach that suits you. Whether you choose a Hammer or a Felder unit, you will enjoy the quality and the pleasure of working with good equipment.
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Pursuing on Aaron’s message, here are a few other comments:
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- While I find the 2000mm slider well suited to my needs, the type of work I do would be more difficult with the 1250mm model. A lot of people are fine with the 1250, again, this is directly related to your projects;
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- At some point you will have to decide what shaper tooling to buy. I have the 30mm spindle (in fact, I was supposed to have the multi-spindle option, but a last minute error at ordering time negated this possibility) because it allows me to use saw blades and dado on both saw and shaper. This was not a big problem for me since I started from scratch. If you already own or have access to 1.25inch tooling, you may wish to consider having both sizes. I believe that you were already planning to order the router spindle.?
- Depending on the projects you want to carry out, you may wish to order the curved hood and the tenoning hood/plate at the time you order your machine - this will save you some dollars on shipping costs down the road;
?- I ordered the small (93mm) Euro-block in my initial order. If I had to do it again, I would order the larger cutter (114mm), which will allow you to use both 40mm and 50mm knives/limiters.
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Please let me know if you want to discuss the power feeder items off line.?
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I hope these few lines will be helpful,
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Jacques
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