ILTEC 8" jointer - $550, Good Condition, Good deal?

[Minh Tran]

I really need a jointer and found this one off of CL. It looks like it's in very good condition though even at $550, it's a steep price for me. Most 8" jointers cost $800-1000+ so I'm a bit suspicious of the quality.
What say you, wise folks? Should I make a counter offer?
http://vermont.craigslist.org/tls/5656376752.html

There's also the Grizzly G0452: https://nwct.craigslist.org/tls/5687662515.html
Which the seller wants $400 for. It looks like it's in good condition. I just sent him an email inquiring about it's condition.

[Dan Friedrichs]

Google doesn't seem to know anything about the "ILTEC" brand...

Looks suspiciously like a 6" jointer, to me. I'd ask the seller to measure the length of the knives - I wonder if he's measuring the width of the table and rounding up a bit...

The dovetail ways are not as easy to adjust as a parallogram bed. I think that's probably an indicator of a cheaper machine.

I'd pass on the Grizzly, just because 6" isn't big enough for most people.

[John Lanciani]

The 8" jointer is one of the Taiwanese Geetech clones so parts won't be an issue - I used to have a Sunhill and got the parts I needed from JET-, and it looks to be in decent working condition. It's been for sale for a while so that tells me that the market thinks the price is wrong. I'd offer $400 if it suited my needs.

[Dan Friedrichs]

Here's a recent thread on jointer width that will hopefully convince you that it's worth spending the time/money to buy an 8" model:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...-for-a-jointer

[Patrick Kane]

63" bed length leads me to believe its 8". Furthermore, 220v means it has a 1.5-2hp motor, which I dont remember any of the 6" having that. Hopefully solves some of the mystery before heading out.