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That's right I live in Fayetteville, NC.

Hey there gpotwin! We aren't through yet! The jointer is also capable of making rabbets (mentioned in the wikipedia article) and straight smooth edges at an angle to another face, for example 45 degrees. It is not limited to making 90 deg. edges.

How can we address you? pot? or win? We are also ...

Brilliant thanks everyone.

Ok so time for check my learning...

Planer - smooths out one side in accordance with the other parrallel side.

Joiner - smooths out one side of the board independantly.


So Planer is for thickness control and joiner is for straigness control on one side, so you don't have to sand down so much on ...

What is the difference between a joiner and planer? Explain difference.

All in the Fayetteville/Sanford NC area.
Thanks to everyone here who have helped me make a better decision.

Yes three actually.
One was all rusty from picture.
2nd I was told it looked like a Total Shop not Shopsmith
The last one is what I am looking at now and it is a shopsmith Mark V and the guy told me I could buy it for $400 instead of $600 as he wants it out of his way in his workshop.

Is this a true Shopsmith Mark V?

Which picutures are you talking about that it is a total shop?

I can't wait to pick it up. I will check it out. I would appreciate any help.