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Delta Model 37-207 Jointer

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trainer said:
Planer and jointer are two tools that will pay for themselves. Buying rough lumber from a small mill or someone with a hobby sawmill always beats box store prices and quality.
I find snipe isn't as big of a deal as the internet makes it out to be. Air-dried lumber is generally checked on the ends and needs to be trimmed anyway, so it makes sense to thickness plane first, then cut to length.
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Well said. My boss's late father was an avid woodworker who taught shop for thirty years, and when he got to the point he couldn't do it anymore due to failing health, he bequeathed hundreds of board feet of air dried roughsawn hardwoods to me, including a chestnut board fully 20" wide and 16' long. I have a 6" Hutchinson joiner and an 18" Delta wedgebed planer to feed them to, and it has saved me a small fortune in lumber.I leave all boards long enough to cut off snipe, although a well adjusted machine produces very little.

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Cactus1 said:
So have you actually started making the cabinet project yet or are you just making a mess???
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I'm still just making a mess... and making **** I think I need... That said, I think I'm getting the confidence to do the cabinets.
 
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Your jointer is beautiful. I have several vintage Delta machines. I love the color. Do you mind sharing any info on what color that is, or the color code to achieve the same color?
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Susan
 
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You'd be surprised. I actually have around $600 in the jointer.
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Yours is a beauty; for those seeking a jointer, it's not necessary to pay that much. Around here, user-quality can be found for $250 -300.

FWIW, that's less than they would have cost years ago. The demand for used woodworking machinery has dropped considerably.

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Zeke said:
I have the same jointer but not a Delta/Milwaukee. I'm not sure I knew Delta and Milwaukee were combined when yours was made. Mine is just a Delta. I have found that the jointer needs to be overdriven with a larger pulley on a 3450 RPM motor. I'm running mine at 5000 RPM. The ideal cutting rate is around 14,000 cuts per minute. To get this you have to determine your infeed speed and that won't be consistant w/o a power feeder.

Personally, I think a power feeder is a boon to jointing and shaping.
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Zeke, I am 100% in agreement with you about power feeders and shapers. The boost to safety and quality makes you vow to never feed by hand again. It's usually even worth it to swing it into place and use it for single short applications.

I've never known anybody to use one on a jointer, though. Even the big industrial ones. Technically feasible, i'll grant (leastways for uniformly dressed, already thicknessed stock), as long as it's pressing only on the outfeed. But where would you even mount one? L
 
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Zeke, I am 100% in agreement with you about power feeders and shapers. The boost to safety and quality makes you vow to never feed by hand again. It's usually even worth it to swing it into place and use it for single short applications.

I've never known anybody to use one on a jointer, though. Even the big industrial ones. Technically feasible, i'll grant (leastways for uniformly dressed, already thicknessed stock), as long as it's pressing only on the outfeed. But where would you even mount one? L
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You make a point so I looked it up and there are folks who use power feeders on jointers and even table saws. As to where to mount, I suppose one has to work that out on an individual basis. One thing a PF can't do is run a curve profile past the shaper bit. I had just such a thing yesterday with a concave and convex shape that needed to be edged. Should have had a pin in place but I didn't and got away with it.

I do like the idea that a PF puts a constant pressure on the work when jointing as well as a constant feed. You know going hand over hand while pushing the work makes it tough to keep both consistent.
 
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I have the DeWalt 734 planer and it's fantastic. Of you feed it right you will get no snipe. I put mine on a flip top stand.

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Older thread, But I picked up a DeWalt 733 from HD when the 734 was taking it's place.
Around the end of 2003. IIRC I got it for around $100.00.
Same deal, feed it right, Light finish passes, I get 0 snipe.
I just have to use the head lock on my last pass or two.:thumbup:

I have that same jointer too BTY.
 
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Older thread, But I picked up a DeWalt 733 from HD when the 734 was taking it's place.
Around the end of 2003. IIRC I got it for around $100.00.
Same deal, feed it right, Light finish passes, I get 0 snipe.
I just have to use the head lock on my last pass or two.[emoji106]

I have that same jointer too BTY.
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I'd love to get a bigger jointer but space is a factor and this one works so well it's hard to get rid of it. Plus I love old machinery.

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