Last thursday I took delivery of a new Woodmaster 712.
I ordered the barebones machine, as I will use it for moldings only.
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I am replacing my old 912 Belsaw.
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I started putting things together last friday morning and had ran 60' of 3 1/4" crown molding by noon.
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This unit has the 5hp motor, with variable speed.
I get much better results by being able to slow the feed speed down making larger molding.
All in all I'm happy with the machine. It had a couple of items that I was a little put out by, but got everything together.
The mounting holes for the on/off switch and variable switch boxes were way to low on the machine to satisfy me. So I did some revamping and moved both boxes up, and side by side.
The height indicator for depth of cut, the slots for the mounting screws were too narrow. How in the world can they produce a part and not know that it doesn't fit. Had a few other things that I had to work around, but did get it up and running.