Kerry Montgomery wrote: ...
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Actually, not sure if anybody makes one now, but in the early 70s-80s time frame Delta introduced precisely that....unfortunately, I can't even recall at the moment what it was they called it. It didn't make a big hit and didn't last very long. I saw one in an auction list not terribly long ago but don't have a link at the moment, sorry...
Maybe one of the other oldtimers will recall them. If I get some time I'll try to find one of the old catalogs or do a google and see if can find any links to the past...
Never owned one, did get chance to use one once't. Handy and useful but not indispensible, obviously. IIRC, the cutter head cutting radius was about 8" or less. It used a set of inset knives on a surface plate and was able to joint very tiny and thin pieces that couldn't be considered on a normal jointer since there was a support plate behind the knives instead of the open gap on a jointer table.
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