UPDATE

Well, I’ve joined the Felder family. After lots of back and forth, and a good bit of anguish, I threw out the anchor and stuck with a decision. Hammer A3-31 with silent power head, mobility kit and aluminum wheel with digital gauge in inches is in que.

While I really would love a 20” planer, what I’m after now is space savings and more capacity and power overall from my 6” jointer and lunchbox planer. Looking forward to reducing my footprint further and one day buying/building a proper bench to add to my shop. With a bench I think I’ll have every tool but a Mortimer that has been on my future plan list. Long ways from retirement so I’m hoping to get a lot of usage from these machines over the coming decades.