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I needed to tune it up as the prior owner apparantly never did. I will append this review later after I've worked with the machine for a while but I'm expecting great things. I wish it had a handwheel instead of the lever.Good 'ole Powermatic - won't let you down. I just bought the Powermatic 54A used. My only minor complaint is the mechanism to lower and raise the infeed table.
It's heavy (fence alone weighs about 50 pounds), stable and solid. Once everything was trued up, it mills edges and surfaces very nicely. The long beds are a true luxury in this class. I looked at the Jet and found it toy-like.
Assembly was quick and easy. Easy to adjust and has plenty of power.It works flawlessly and I have absolutely no complaints. DEAD ON. I sat aside plenty of time to assemble and true this machine when I put it in my shop. Instructions were excellent. 2 years of running it nearly every day and I every time I run a board through I am glad spent the extra $$ on the yellow machine.Only wish I had bought the 8" version. When I set ou tot true the beds and fence I found everything to be DEAD ON from the factory.
Now you may not be as lucky and have easy accesss to you shop but for me it was sweet. It's heavy but me and my wife both 62 years old struggled a bit but got it together in about an hour. All i had to do was align the fence a little. Needed a jointer with a longer bed so after about 3 weeks of deciding I bought this one. I have read about how heavy it was and people say get 3 or 4 others to help lift it. Bull. The machine works like a dream. I did get the mobile base which i would recommened even though i thought it was a bit pricy.
I read about 50-60 reviews on this machine on different forums and never saw anything but the highest rating. I liked the delivery of it right in my garage. But it was made in the USA. In came on a pallet the truck had a liftgate and a hand operate forklift.
I use the jointer for truing one or two sides of sawn hardwood in preparing stock for a project. After a very simple set up, and some minor adjustments to the fence mechanism, the machine was ready to work within an hour. This Powermatic jointer continues to look brand new, and continues to work like brand new. The extra length of the bed makes working with long material very easy. I bought my Powermatic Jointer 3 years ago from a local dealer. I could not be happier with the results. I am very happy with this purchase. This unit has stayed in adjustment, the fence is easy to use, it is very quiet, and the dust collection chute works.
It was easy to assemble and most settings were dead on from the factory. The wiring was easy to get to and the wiring diagram simple to read. I changed the wiring to 230-volts because my shop has a floor outlet already for 230-volts. This machine is awesome. It has significant mass and the long bed make edge jointing long boards a breeze. I would recommend this jointer to anyone. No more cutting boards to short lengths.
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