SS jionter vs other brands

[chiroindixon]

If you are going to get serious about salvaging those trees, a metal detector is in order. Nothing will spoil your day more than taking a fresh sharpened saw chain into an old nail or barbed wire. Mine has saved my saw many times.

Doc

[dusty]

I learned the hard way that you can't always see something that might do harm. It has something to do with the fact that trees keep growing even after someone buries a spike in the trunk.

Does that ever make a mess out of a once good sawblade.
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[sawmill]

I hit a piece of steel cable that was about 12 inchs under the bark. The guy that I was sawing for got it out after I left and called me later to tell that it was 10foot long. Someone hung it over a limb and the tree grew around it. The worst thing is cement from lawn trees. They used to use it in rotten spots to try and save the tree.

[ericolson]

I'm shopping around for a decent metal detector. I, too, have learned the hard way. I was re-sawing a slab of oak on my big bandsaw and hit a little bitty nail. Well, that little bitty nail shot sparks all over the place and ruined a very expensive bandsaw blade. Not to mention that it scared the bejeezus out of me!! Thanks, everyone, for your words of caution.

[putttn]

I have read that the Williams & Hussey planer/joiner is one of the best. It is expensive but from what I read it is like the SS in that it will last forever and is US made in NH. Why not go for one of these if you're going to woodwork and not have to replace the cheap china junk every few years?

[dusty]

putttn

I'm not certain; is this what you had in mind?

http://www.3kmachinery.com/html/prodview.asp?pid=292
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[putttn]

No, you can find them at williamsnhussey.com and they make a pretty nice looking planer that seems simple and has a 7 year warranty and has been around for over 50 years. Like I said, expensive but I'm so new to woodworking I don't know the first thing about it but I do know that good machinery, made to last, is actually much cheaper than having to repurchase machinery every two to three years. Maybe the China stuff lasts longer?

[ericolson]

The W & H machine is predominately a molder, with the planer function being kind of an after thought, albiet a well manufactured one. The six inch width of stock is a bit of a limitation. But, if you want to make moldings or will only be making small projects with smaller stock sizes, you can't beat W & H.