ARE TOOLS GETTING TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE?!
Sep 10, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 12 segments
Are prices running people away from the trades with pushing industral tools on the makers, listen as the guys discuss
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Sep 10, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 12 segments
Are prices running people away from the trades with pushing industral tools on the makers, listen as the guys discuss
yeah i agree i agree um I'll start it off.
And this is kind of something that I've been wanting to do for a long time.
And I bit the bullet and I invested in a 16 inch planer.
I mean, a joiner, not planer joiner.
Nice.
And I purchased the Felder.
Oh, a one.
Nah, it's the hammer.
A one.
I forgot the number.
Anyways, it was quite an investment.
I do not.
regret doing it.
The precision that came straight out of the box with that machine is great.
Well-built machine.
It's got some nice features on it.
There is some stuff that I would rather see different, but that has been, to date, one of the most expensive pieces that I've ever bought, and I don't regret it.
It's a nice piece of equipment.
Felder It's their hammer line and it puts out a great product.
Could I have gotten something similar? In my opinion, no, because when I priced those size of machines out, actually Grizzly was more expensive than that one.
And just the sheer weight and to be able to move it around Um, that, that basic piece would have been, once you set it down, the chances of you having to move that are probably next to, I mean, slim to none.
Cause it's, it's such a massive, heavy machine.
And I wanted to be able to have that flexibility to move it around in case I wanted to move the shop.
Not saying that this one's light, but it's, it's actually easier to move around than the grizzly.
Uh, anything else comparable Powermatic to it was just way out of the question.
yeah i agree i agree um I'll start it off.
And this is kind of something that I've been wanting to do for a long time.
And I bit the bullet and I invested in a 16 inch planer.
I mean, a joiner, not planer joiner.
Nice.
And I purchased the Felder.
Oh, a one.
Nah, it's the hammer.
A one.
I forgot the number.
Anyways, it was quite an investment.
I do not.
regret doing it.
The precision that came straight out of the box with that machine is great.
Well-built machine.
It's got some nice features on it.
There is some stuff that I would rather see different, but that has been, to date, one of the most expensive pieces that I've ever bought, and I don't regret it.
It's a nice piece of equipment.
Felder It's their hammer line and it puts out a great product.
Could I have gotten something similar? In my opinion, no, because when I priced those size of machines out, actually Grizzly was more expensive than that one.
And just the sheer weight and to be able to move it around Um, that, that basic piece would have been, once you set it down, the chances of you having to move that are probably next to, I mean, slim to none.
Cause it's, it's such a massive, heavy machine.
And I wanted to be able to have that flexibility to move it around in case I wanted to move the shop.
Not saying that this one's light, but it's, it's actually easier to move around than the grizzly.
Uh, anything else comparable Powermatic to it was just way out of the question.
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