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   gregjones | May 14, 2009 01:17pm | #1

   The 1642 2HP is on sale now through a Jet promotion for $1,699 delivered from Woodcraft, Amazon, and others. You might want to visit the Jet Web site and look for the link to the special. I ordered one myself and it is scheduled to be delivered today.

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   Windwoodtrader | May 14, 2009 08:03pm | #3

   Greg-
   Thanks so much!
   I've been diddling around about buying the lathe for over a year now. If it weren't for your post I would have missed out on a great deal!I found the deal at TOOL ZONE that will ship WITH NO CHARGE RESIDENTIAL TAIL GATE DELIVERY, at the price you stated- $1699. Bought it! A few months ago I had my finger pausing on the purchase button for $2050 but didn't pull the trigger- Every once in a while that blind squirrel finds the acorn.(:-)

   Windy Wood

   In the Helderberg Mountains of NY

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   gregjones | May 14, 2009 08:42pm | #4

   So glad that I could help! I think we'll both enjoy the purchase. Now you can mail my commission check to... ;)

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   Windwoodtrader | May 24, 2009 04:26am | #5

   I was thinking that I was a day late and a dollar short since the offer was only for as long as they had machines available and I hadn't heard anything for almost a week, but lo and behold the beast arrived Friday afternoon. ToolZone advertised it as shipping included along with residential AND drop-tailgate delivery all for the $1699.99 and that's how it was delivered. The driver was kind enough to use his pallet lift to position the lathe just where I requested. Since the package is 500 pounds this was appreciated.Got the legs on today with the help of a block and tackle. I'll be turning soon!(:-)

   Windy Wood

   In the Helderberg Mountains of NY

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   gregjones | May 24, 2009 11:59am | #6

   Glad to hear you got in on the deal. I have mine and I have set it up, but I have not turned anything yet. I want to put mine where I currently store some lumber, so I'm in the process of building another lumber rack. Soon though, I'll be turing too. Congratulations again!

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   RonK | May 14, 2009 01:53pm | #2

   I've had one (the 1.5hp version) for a couple of years and I think it's a real bargan.

    One thing to be aware of is that it doesn't like GFCI Outlets. It will trip the breaker. I found this out when I recently upgraded my electrical service. I have talked to JET and they confirmed this. I still have non GFCI outlets available so I just use one of those and it works fine. Perhaps this has been fixed and because you are using 240 as input you probably wont have to contend with it.