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Arrived a little late with minor damage and some missing parts, but customer service sent all of the missing pieces and they arrived in two days and the shipping company found the bag of parts that was missing and delivered them the next day. A very good machine for the money.
It is extremely heavy and will require assistance building/installing. All parts are machined well and flat. Well built jointer. For small shops it works well when placed on a mobile base.
It's much better than any bench model would be. Delta jointer works well for home hobbist.It took about 3 hours to assemble.The dust chute was dented due to rough shipment and had to be undented.The attachment tab on the dust chute had to be rivetted back on due to a weak rivet and came off when undenting and reshaping dust chute.Except for the rough shipping, it works as expected for hobbist.
The standard is the DeWalt planner stand. Do wish Delta would design wheels etc into it integrally, it would not be that much more difficult or expensive. I did buy a universal stand to move it around, but it seems hokey.
Down from about $410. You do need help lifting and turning this puppy. At 320 bucks shipped, a very good deal.
The parts do come covered in grease and need to be cleaned.As other reviews indicate, fairly straight forward to assemble. The one reviewer that did not find it easy to assemble, IMO, I don't think had much experience or mis-read the instructions. Either it is an end of year clearence, or a new model is coming.This is assemble yourself.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
I never found where they went.The jointer works great, and is very accurate. The motor was able to move in the box which is probably how the cover plate got broken. The length of the table is a plus, but the tool does not seem to take up too much room in the shop. I swapped the cover plates, and returned the motor, all at their expense. However, it was no problem at all to adjust the outfeed table height to precisely the height of the knives. I found this jointer to be reasonably easy to assemble, adjust, and use.It would have been easier for me to assemble by myself if it were not as heavy, but now I'm glad it's heavy. It came partly adjusted. The parts bag had exactly the number of bolts and screws required for assembly which is sometimes a problem for me.
I went back through the assembly instructions looking for the location where I was supposed to have used them. After contacting Amazon, Delta shipped a new motor. Maybe all modern jointers are this way, but my old jointer (circa 1950) did not have this feature. I was very pleased with the way it was handled by both Amazon and Delta. The jointer was not packed well, the styrofoam packing blocks in the carton were considerably damaged when I got it. If I drop a small part during assembly, the shop floor is sort of a black hole, and the part is never seen again. The only feature which seems to be missing is a cup holder.The only problem I had was a broken cover plate on the side of the motor. The knives were parallel to, but considerably below the outfeed table.
I noticed that the knife guard also seems to act as kickback resistance. I had a few lock washers left over when I was finished with assembly. The fence was slightly off of perpendicular to the table, but again, easy to adjust. It wouldn't hurt for Delta to pack an extra bolt and screw of each size, just in case.
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