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   TonyCz | Mar 10, 2009 08:35pm | #1

   Its like having a plainer or a jointer, once you have use one, you will wonder how you did with out it. It really is a must have if you are running long lengths. While hand feeding you will have burns, mill marks as you start and stop the feed of the material. How many feet are you going to be running.

   Remember the power feeder also works wonders for material on the table saw if you have a large job ripping materials.

   Where are you located as your profile is blank?

    

   
   

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   Edited 3/11/2009 1:28 am by TonyCz

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   brad805 | Mar 10, 2009 09:50pm | #2

   I have a S/S with a power feed mounted on a flip bracket.  I have made about 600ft of trim with it thus far and about 2000ft of flooring.  I cant imagine doing this without it.  It achieves two things.  Constant pressure leads to a better cut and it is far less taxing on the operator.

   I cant imagine you will get a great cut on that 5/8" stock without an outboard fence.  Too much stock flutter between the infeed and outfeed plates.  If you use a thin aluminum outboard, a power feeder will work fine.  The wheels on my PF are 1.75" or 2" wide, I dont recall what the small PF wheels are.  The stock wheels are fairly soft and they might wear out quite quickly if your stock is only 5/8" wide.  Western Roller Duro 60 wheels are a great investment for a PF.  They are much harder, so you dont need as much down pressure plus they last longer.

   1000ft, are you sure you dont want to give a professional moulder company a call?  They will rattle that stuff out in quick order and sometimes it doesnt work out any more expensive since they get better rates on stock and have machines that does it all in one pass.

   Brad

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   forestgirl | Mar 11, 2009 06:21am | #4

   "I have a S/S with a power feed mounted on a flip bracket."  Any chance you could post a picture of this arrangement? 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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   brad805 | Mar 11, 2009 08:16am | #5

   Will do.  I have some pics on my office computer, but at home I am still on dial up. 

   Brad

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   forestgirl | Mar 11, 2009 06:15pm | #7

   Thanks, Brad, I'm very interested in seeing the set-up.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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   brad805 | Mar 11, 2009 07:36pm | #8

   Here are a few pics.  I have found that it is a bit more flexible than I like.  A friend welded in some stiffeners, but that still didnt make it as good as a permanent mount to a heavy table.  The main problem is the stiffness of the saw frame.  It does fine until I have a bigger shop with separate machines.

   Brad

   
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   forestgirl | Mar 12, 2009 05:01am | #9

   Thanks, Brad!  I'm not sure I've got it figured out, but I appreciate your taking the time to post the pics.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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   brad805 | Mar 12, 2009 07:25pm | #10

   Its pretty simple once you can see it in action.  There is a pin at the back of the mount and the power feed swivels around this.  To hold it in place when upright, the front bolts rotate into slots for tightening.  When it hangs below the table you need to have the PF rotated slightly in front of the mount so all of the bracket is below the table. 

   If I didnt mind drilling some holes in my concrete, I would have mounted it to the floor using some heavy steel like I have seen some Woodweb members do.

   Brad

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   JMartinsky | Mar 11, 2009 04:15pm | #6

   Good idea!John

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   oldusty | Mar 10, 2009 10:37pm | #3

   Tim ,

                 If you will use the feeder in the future for other and possibly larger applications or who knows what ,, from my own experience an 1/8 hp is too small for a general purpose machine that will do everything you need imo .

      A 1 hp would be optimum if in your budget , if not as close to it as possible .

          The model pictured certainly would do the small task you spoke of .

                    they are just diffferent machines

                     regards           dusty

   
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   mike4244 | Mar 13, 2009 10:39pm | #11

   The Sunhill power feeded is the way to go. 1/4 hp vs 1/8 hp for the grizzly.Notice there are two separate adjustments on the 1/4hp type. You can move the feeder up or down, then the other adjustment moves the feeder forward and back.The baby feeder has one adjustment arm. Setting the baby feeder up is a pita compared to the larger feeders.I have the grizzly baby feeder, works fine but if I had to do it over again I would have bought the 1/4 hp feeder.

   mike