Originally Posted by
Dave Sabo
Jared - exactly how many dovetailed wayed jointers have you worn out in your career ?
I've got one , third hand that's over a century old and rode hard....................it still keeps it's settings from when I set it up 40 yrs ago. My daily driver is a combo machine with dovetailed ways and it's just fine too.
Buy what you want & like , but let's not pretend a jointer with dovetailed ways is somehow inferior, or not up to the task. Especially for a non-factory setting of a hobbyist.