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Hey Todd
I just learned something from you.
I have always taped both ends of the drum.
I will now untape the trailing edge.
Thanks

Dave

I took the sandpaper off the drum, and used a thickness gage switching it between outboard and inboard while adjusting the drum alignment knob after loosening the two lockdown screws. I then alternately tightened each lockdown screw a little until both were secure. I checked the alignment by sanding a large flat piece of wood, and it sanded evenly and left no ridge when reversing it and sanding the portion larger than the 10 could get going one direction. I had planned on needing to tweak it to get the free end slightly high (I agree with you there), but I got lucky, and either hit it dead level, or maybe the outboard end is a few thou high. Anyway, as it sits, there is no problem sanding pieces wider than 10 inches with no resulting mismatch,
Mike

Collin, what makes them so expensive there? Exchange rates? Taxes? I thought the Euro was worth more than the dollar.

Mike

I've had three. A grizzly dual head, a Delta 16-32, and now a Jet/Performax 22-44. The jet is vastly better than the others in terms of performance, as well as ease of use and setup.

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Mike, we are still using the Pound Stirling in the UK we never joined the Euro zone. However, one of the reasons the small machines are expensive is that the UK has only a very small market for this type of 'amateur' woodworking machinery, no where on the scale of that in the US. Government tax is at 17.5%. I believe also that there is no direct shipment from the manufacturing plant into the UK, they all first get shipped to the US, then a small number get shipped to the sole seller here in the UK who probably sell about a dozen a year.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

I was down to the Jet 10-20 or 16-32 Plus. When Jet started their sale last month they lowered the 16-20 by $200 down to $800 net delivered to my shop. So I bought it.

The 10-20 was $680 and since I barely had room for the 16-32 I figured it was worth only $120 net more. That is including the stand and Jet's new conveyor control technoloy (speed varied based on drum motor loading) which the 10-20 does not have. I also paid $38 for some Rockler heavy duty 1/2" stem casters giving me a cost effective moble machine without the effort to build a mobile cart/table. (The 10-20 is too heavy for me to physically lift and move around like I can do some bench top machines.)

So far so good.

Ed

Ed, sounds like you made out well. When I took my wheels off last weekend, I discovered that the holes were 1/2", not 3/8". That certainly contributed to my stand warping... Plus mine is a 22-44.. Way heavy. John, u got the 22-44... Not sure how mobile yours is, and not sure what stand u have, but if it is the open stand, u may want to contact me if your wheels have 3/8" shafts. ( assuming u have wheels)
Mike

I have the enclosed stand... It sits in one spot.

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