Hello all,
I am looking at selling my current jointer G0500 with spiral head and planer G0453 (also with spiral head). I am space challenged and after doing some research think that I could get along just fine with a J/P combo machine of good quality. I have narrowed my searches down to two machines the Hammer A3-41 and the Mini Max FS41 Classic. I am hoping that someone who owns either one of these machines will be able to chime in and provide me with what they like and don't like about the machines and the customer service during and after the purchase. I have heard conflicting opinions on whether the addition of a Byrd head on either one of these machines is worth the money since the stock head and knives provide a very good finish cut. I really like the one piece table raising mechanism of the Hammer as this theoretically does away with the issue of fence to table alignment. On the other hand is this even an issue on the MM even though the tables are raised independently. Either way I think either one of these machines will be a quality upgrade for me. However spending that kind of money I am hoping to make the best informed purchase that I can. Thanks up front for the help.