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John I too had been looking. In December I took a few classes at the local WoodCraft store. In their shop area, they have a used every day. almost all hours they are open, it's in use. All of the big tools, and duplicates of a few bandsaws, and a lot of routers. Their only dust collection is a 2 HP Jet unit with cyclone attached.
We ran a lot of machines, often many at once, and that thing never slowed down. I asked Tony about it, and he told me at the time he'd suggest a different one. So I ended up with 20% off (storewide Christmas discount on all Rikon tools) and I got this Rikon, more power, more CFM's and he has several customers using one, and all good reports coming back. I love mine so far, but to be fair it's new, so it should get a longer test, before a full scale review. My Rikon for $1599.00 A LOT sweeter price than the Oneida, so if it offers as good a run, I'm really happy. I just couldn't reconcile that price tag.
We ran a lot of machines, often many at once, and that thing never slowed down. I asked Tony about it, and he told me at the time he'd suggest a different one. So I ended up with 20% off (storewide Christmas discount on all Rikon tools) and I got this Rikon, more power, more CFM's and he has several customers using one, and all good reports coming back. I love mine so far, but to be fair it's new, so it should get a longer test, before a full scale review. My Rikon for $1599.00 A LOT sweeter price than the Oneida, so if it offers as good a run, I'm really happy. I just couldn't reconcile that price tag.
