Well I bought it 3-20-10 for $800 off a business closing Link
Got it home. plugged it in and well... a little unsatisfied with the cut of it (snipe, outfeed adjustment, "ugly" shavings, "loosness" of components).
So fast forward to this morning i decide to do the required reading and download the manual. and after reading about adjusting the coplaner of the machine and setting the knives and blaa blaa blaa. i get to the outfeed & infeed max and min sets and jam nuts and think well maybe "they" set it wrong.
well go out to the garage and lossen the screws and now the table raises enough to put it flush with the blades. run some rock maple scrap and whalaa now getting beautiful shavings & no snipe. now to go through the whole thng and tighten everything down.
Question? Is there a way to get the blade guards "spring" back? as you can see in the pic the guard can be pulled back and stay away from the fence.
Opinion. Go the the Shelix for $678 for a total of $1,478 or get a new set of knives