Interesting video

[Ted Baxter]

Check out his recent video interesting new equipment I was suprised by the price https://youtu.be/l8PeLbHjwco

[Bob Cooper]

That was interesting

[Michael Burnside]

That does look cool.

[Brian Runau]

That is cool.

[Joe Calhoon]

Jointers with side heads were popular in German shops 30 and 40 years ago. Holz Her was one maker of this attachment. Saves time on S4S work if only using a jointer and planer and don’t have a 4 side planer. But limits some things you can do on the jointer.
Here is a Bauerle with the side head attachment
https://www.machineseeker.com/b%C3%A...as41/i-7753886

https://wtp.hoechsmann.com/en/lexikon/9281/1181

[Paul F Franklin]

How is this going to flatten a bowed board? Won't the feeder just press the bow out like a planer would?

[andrew whicker]

How is this going to flatten a bowed board? Won't the feeder just press the bow out like a planer would?

Yeah, that is interesting. This just becomes an exposed planer with edge cutter? So you would need a regular planer in your shop or a way to cover up / turn off the side blade?

[Ted Baxter]

Yeah, that is interesting. This just becomes an exposed planer with edge cutter? So you would need a regular planer in your shop or a way to cover up / turn off the side blade?

The side cutter can be turned of if desired. I was a little surprised at the price giving the 10' width cut and three motor's . I have no need if it but I'm sure there are people who could make good use of it.

[andrew whicker]

yeah, it's definitely a reasonable price.

On a non-squirrely 4/4 or thinner board, it could slightly increase the efficiency of milling. With a squirrely board, I'm not sure what it does exactly. Wouldn't you joint like normal, then transfer to a planer like normal? Then get the edges however you like (joint then TS or TS only, etc)?

I can't imagine a power feed does as good as a job of transferring side 1 to side 2 (parallel) like a planer does.

I'm curious why the concept never took off before when there's only about a billion different wood tools once you graduate to the industrial world and this type of solution seems not to really exist (?). I have a feeling it's not as useful as it appears..