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   forestgirl | Jun 13, 2009 04:17am | #1

   For those who are curious, it's this Steelex machine <click>.

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   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   RalphBarker | Jun 13, 2009 07:38pm | #2

   Wow, seems like a lot of machine for a mere $400.

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jun 16, 2009 04:50am | #3

   It's the same machine Curt Wilke used to sell under York-craft for around $500 or so before he shut down Wilke Machinery. Not a PM floor model.. definitely not my Bridgewood Industrial (same as Grizzly Ind) but for $400 or so a huge step ahead of a similar priced bench-top with the moving X-Y table and clamping.

   Sarge..

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   RalphBarker | Jun 16, 2009 06:56am | #4

   Thanks for the added info, Sarge. I wish I had the floor space.

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   spotcheck | Jun 16, 2009 11:21pm | #5

   My first mortiser was a Delta benchtop.  It became a donation to a friend's high school shop department, and I got the Powermatic 719A - which I think is gone, and replaced by the 719T-for-tilt.  Forget what I paid 10 years ago - maybe $800 - $900?  Anyway, the stand is still in a forgotten storage corner - because I didn't have the floor space.  Never been used.  The mortiser sits on a workbench along the wall - in the middle, so I have room either side for long parts.   Rock-solid, works great, don't regret a penny of it.  Sometimes I have to crank the table side-to-side for more room for another project.  Also, it is heavy enough that I never got around to bolting it to the bench - no need - and have had to drag it to the side a couple times ("Honey - You got a minute?")