Ridgid Jointer - good deal?

[p8ntblr]

What do you think of this one? I like the long table but Looks like some rust and the base is dented a bit. I'm not sure what size it is either. Waiting to here back from him with more pics. Talked him down to $150 (he was asking $200).

[birdman]

There is a lot of things that you need to watch out for on Jointers. Warped in-feed/out-feed tables and or fence, motor wear & tear, bent motor spindle, pitted tables from rust (usually not a problem unless it is stored/used in very humid areas). If you can test drive it yourself would be a good idea.

Make sure you can find replacement knives for this specific model. I have read several articles where people have run into problems with older Ridgid models getting replace knives.

[bthere]

I think you need to do a personal inspection. You'll need a good straight edge to make sure the tables and the fence are flat. It is also good to make sure that the tables are planar relative to each other. Some of this can be fixed with shims, but is a pain. Surface rust probably isn't a big deal, even if there were minor pitting of the tables as long as the overall flatness isn't affected.

You need to be able to at least turn it on to make sure the motor runs and is smooth. Take a look at the head and make sure that there is not damage to it.

One other thought on rust is to make sure that the tables can be moved. If the ways were severely rusted, you could have some alignment problems once it was cleaned up.

[LCHIEN]

looks like the base has been beat up some but if the beds and ways are not a mass of rust and all function properly then all the base sins should be easy to fix.
An excuse to bargain down the price some.

Is the blade guard missing?

[phrog]

Ridgid JP0610

I'm not sure if this is the same jointer that I have, the JP0610 but if it is - I love mine. Mine is a 6 1/8" gray model with a 1 HP TEFC induction motor. If this is the same model in the photo, it appears the front panel is missing thus opening the motor up and also making the "leg" assembly less sturdy. However, I think that could be easily fixed with a thin sheet of plywood or even metal. I paid $320 for mine about 3 or 4 years ago at HD. Be sure to pay attention to the comments of the previous responders regarding parallel tables, etc.
Richard