Adam Gerlach
03-27-2011, 9:09 PM
Howdy,
I have been a weekend warrior for the last year using a close friend of mine's shop. A few weeks ago I decided that I was serious enough to take the dive and start my own shop. After getting a table saw, router, band saw, and drill press (already had a miter saw) I decided to hold off on a planer and jointer until I found a killer deal on craigslist or at an auction, plus I thought I could use my router table for most of the jointing I would be doing. Today I found that killer deal.
I just came home with a INCA 570 10 1/4" combination jointer/planer for $400. I first saw it on Craigslist and didn't think much of it. Later in the day I was thinking "I didn't know INCRA made jointers?" (mistakenly reading INCA as INCRA). I then went back to look at it and I thought "who is INCA". After doing a little research on the internet I was intrigued. But once I saw that the original cost 25 years ago was north of $2k and that one sold online last April for $1700, I was drooling at the $400 price tag!
I went to go check it out and it was in fantastic shape. The previous owner took great care of it and still had the manual, 3 sets of blades, a stand, and a custom set of dust collection "jigs" he made. He even greased everything, polished the tables, and sharpened the blades before putting it on craigslist.
After getting it home I jointed and planed everything in sight and I was blown away (although I acknowledge the fact that I have never really used a jointer for more then 15 minutes). I don't know what I was thinking when I thought I didn't need a dedicated jointer. And the best part is I hit both birds with one stone.
Ok, this rant has gotten long enough. I just needed to tell someone thats eyes don't glaze over the second I start talking about power tools. :rolleyes:
I have been a weekend warrior for the last year using a close friend of mine's shop. A few weeks ago I decided that I was serious enough to take the dive and start my own shop. After getting a table saw, router, band saw, and drill press (already had a miter saw) I decided to hold off on a planer and jointer until I found a killer deal on craigslist or at an auction, plus I thought I could use my router table for most of the jointing I would be doing. Today I found that killer deal.
I just came home with a INCA 570 10 1/4" combination jointer/planer for $400. I first saw it on Craigslist and didn't think much of it. Later in the day I was thinking "I didn't know INCRA made jointers?" (mistakenly reading INCA as INCRA). I then went back to look at it and I thought "who is INCA". After doing a little research on the internet I was intrigued. But once I saw that the original cost 25 years ago was north of $2k and that one sold online last April for $1700, I was drooling at the $400 price tag!
I went to go check it out and it was in fantastic shape. The previous owner took great care of it and still had the manual, 3 sets of blades, a stand, and a custom set of dust collection "jigs" he made. He even greased everything, polished the tables, and sharpened the blades before putting it on craigslist.
After getting it home I jointed and planed everything in sight and I was blown away (although I acknowledge the fact that I have never really used a jointer for more then 15 minutes). I don't know what I was thinking when I thought I didn't need a dedicated jointer. And the best part is I hit both birds with one stone.
Ok, this rant has gotten long enough. I just needed to tell someone thats eyes don't glaze over the second I start talking about power tools. :rolleyes: