My first post, though I have been a long time off and on lurker.
I was about to finally pull the trigger on getting a Hammer A331 or A341, when a 20 year old "barely" used Felder AD741 became a possibility. It is a 3 phase machine, however, I installed a rotary phase converter in my garage last summer so I think that should be an acceptable method of powering this machine.
Is a 20 year old jointer/planer ancient or does it have many more boardfeet left in it? I'm only a hobbyist and generally take very good care of my equipment, but I do specialize in overkill. I am prepared to buy a shelix cutterhead down the road. I checked with Felder and they do not offer retrofit kits for the helical cutterheads.
I also haven't had much luck in learning what the advantages of the AD741 are over the Hammer series. Only that it's better. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks much,
Bob