Any good?

[OpaDC]

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/tls/662350760.html

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/tls/662213580.html

[JSUPreston]

Do you wanna try to beat me to them? All of them look really good for the price.

Seriously, the Delta planer does not look to have the cutterhead lock, but the prices for all the tools look good. I personally would have considered the Griz back in December when I bought my Delta. Don't know much about the Craftsmans that you show, but if they are actually what are pictured, I would say good for the money as well.

And, no, I'm not really on my way down there.

[cabinetman]

Both deals look to be priced right. The Craftsman tools are claimed to be new, which is a plus. I might lean that way. Parts for both deals are likely very available.
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[justaguy]

I've got the older version of the jointer (power switch in the cabinet instead of elevated) and the non-digtial version of the planer. I'm happy with both and if closer I would buy both and resell my existing units.

Go buy them before somebody else does

[just started]

I have that Delta planer and am happy with it. I would be MUCH happier with that deal as I paid $125 for mine.

[LCHIEN]

that's the very cheap bottom delta planer, - no cutterhead lock. would avoid it.
I'd go for the C'man jointer - deal!

[OpaDC]

OK after trying to look up this stuff I'm getting confused. I know (I think) a joiner is for making straight edges, and planer is for thickness. But there are: planer, joiner, jointer, planer/joiner. Is planer joiner dual purpose? Are joiner and jointer the same? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Never used either (or any) but looking for new purchase. Wanna make my free money coming go a long way.

[jussi]

Craftsman tools look pretty good. I'd call soon. Maybe ask for $275 for both (assuming u need them both). Even at his asking price they are a good buy.

[JR]

OK after trying to look up this stuff I'm getting confused. I know (I think) a joiner is for making straight edges, and planer is for thickness. But there are: planer, joiner, jointer, planer/joiner. Is planer joiner dual purpose? Are joiner and jointer the same? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Never used either (or any) but looking for new purchase. Wanna make my free money coming go a long way.

The tall Craftsman thing in the second link is a jointer. Those things will sometimes be refered to as a planer/jointer by the mfr, but that's a red herring. You would use it principally as a jointer, meaning it's going to give you two flat surfaces, perpendicular to one another. You will also not that a jointer sometimes is called a "rabeting jointer". That's a feature that allows the creation of rabet in flat stock, but I don't know of anyone who uses that feature.

The boxy thing in the second link is a planer, or formally a thickness planer. It is used to make the sides opposite to the ones just created on the jointer to be parallel.

A planer and a jointer are tools that work together to square up wood. You want one of each.

A plate joiner, or plate jointer, is a biscuit cutter. There are also hand-held planers, which to my eye actually look like hand-held jointers, used by carpenters to remove material in doors and door jambs.
JR

[OpaDC]

The tall Craftsman thing in the second link is a jointer. Those things will sometimes be refered to as a planer/jointer by the mfr, but that's a red herring. You would use it principally as a jointer, meaning it's going to give you two flat surfaces, perpendicular to one another. You will also not that a jointer sometimes is called a "rabeting jointer". That's a feature that allows the creation of rabet in flat stock, but I don't know of anyone who uses that feature.

The boxy thing in the second link is a planer, or formally a thickness planer. It is used to make the sides opposite to the ones just created on the jointer to be parallel.

A planer and a jointer are tools that work together to square up wood. You want one of each.

A plate joiner, or plate jointer, is a biscuit cutter. There are also hand-held planers, which to my eye actually look like hand-held jointers, used by carpenters to remove material in doors and door jambs.
JR

Thank you very much. Guess this means I'm not as dumb as I look. I was correct in their usage and verbage. A potayto / pohtahto thing. Now I guess I need to give the guy a call. (Unless someone here beats me to it.)

[LinuxRandal]

A jointer/planer, is a jointer here and flattens the edges and face planes one side. It is called a planer in England (queen's English if I remember Ray in the UK)

A Planer here, is called a thicknesser there. As it takes one side, down to parallel with the other, face planed side.

[Pappy]

Go for the saw and both Craftsman units. Maybe get a package deal from him.

[LCHIEN]

a jointer/planer is the thing with the long beds. Its purpose is to put a straight edge (hence the long reference bed) on an edge or a face. Putting a flat face is called planing. Putting a edge on is called Jointing because you are preparing a joint. You also use the fence in jointing so that the edge is perpendicular to the flat face. The face will not necessarily be parallel to the other side, so you use a ...

Thickness planer whose purpose in life is to make one side parallel to the other (so the first side must be flat for any practical use) or a constant thickness.

A joiner is a biscuit slot machine used to join two pieces of wood. Not called a jointer, properly anyway, but often mistakenly called a jointer simply because of the similarity of names. I think this happens so frequently many people take it as fact. You should use a jointer to properly prepare two edges on pieces of wood you want to join with a joiner.

A very commmon process sequence for rough wood is to use a jointer/planer to make one face flat, then joint an edge to make it perpendicular or square to the face, and straight. Then you rip (on the table saw) the other edge parallel to the first, then use the thickness planer to make the second face flat and parallel to the first. Finally, when you have several boards of the same thickness and all the edges are straight and square, you can use the biscuit joiner or plate joiner to make the individual boards into a glued-up panel (like for a table top).

[herb fellows]

OK after trying to look up this stuff I'm getting confused. I know (I think) a joiner is for making straight edges, and planer is for thickness. But there are: planer, joiner, jointer, planer/joiner. Is planer joiner dual purpose? Are joiner and jointer the same? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Never used either (or any) but looking for new purchase. Wanna make my free money coming go a long way.

Free money coming? Do you mean the money you already paid of which the government is going to give some of it back to you? Way to keep the economy going! :-)

[herb fellows]

a jointer/planer is the thing with the long beds. Its purpose is to put a straight edge (hence the long reference bed) on an edge or a face. Putting a flat face is called planing. Putting a edge on is called Jointing because you are preparing a joint. You also use the fence in jointing so that the edge is perpendicular to the flat face. The face will not necessarily be parallel to the other side, so you use a ...

Thickness planer whose purpose in life is to make one side parallel to the other (so the first side must be flat for any practical use) or a constant thickness.

A joiner is a biscuit slot machine used to join two pieces of wood. Not called a jointer, properly anyway, but often mistakenly called a jointer simply because of the similarity of names. I think this happens so frequently many people take it as fact. You should use a jointer to properly prepare two edges on pieces of wood you want to join with a joiner.

A very commmon process sequence for rough wood is to use a jointer/planer to make one face flat, then joint an edge to make it perpendicular or square to the face, and straight. Then you rip (on the table saw) the other edge parallel to the first, then use the thickness planer to make the second face flat and parallel to the first. Finally, when you have several boards of the same thickness and all the edges are straight and square, you can use the biscuit joiner or plate joiner to make the individual boards into a glued-up panel (like for a table top).

Yeah, what he said :-)!