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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
You can run old wood through the Porter Cable. Blades are about 29 bucks a pop, and are reversible. I did about three thousand square feet of antique fir flooring through one a few years ago.
You can tell when you need to change blades as the motor will bog down. You can get extra life out of the blades, but you risk killing the machine.
There are better machines out there, but this one does the job, and will do the work.
Very handy once you have one.
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We have two. An old 10" Ryobe that was made in Japan way back from the late 70s or early 80s. Great machine. A 12 Dewalt that just doesn't quit no matter how long its been bouncing in the back of my workmen's truck. Blades are sharp, always because I can't have a ton pf planer marks. We run old stuff through those at the job when necessary. In the shop, I have the big Oliver and that thing is expensive to sharpen. not nail or "Used" wood on that. Hell no. Since we stopped building cabinets or doing woodwork for other contractors or designers, the heavy equip haven't been used like they are designed to for some time. That's saves me a ton of money for simple maintenance just on the equip. I have an older edge bander that have not been fired up for a long time. We used a bench top model or get panels cut and banded by a specialist that do just that. Makes my life simpler and a lot less stressful.