"* I do a lot of wood work with 2~3" x 12" x 8~12' ROUGH CUT Western Red Cedar that is NOT kiln dried so some is wetter inside-- and I am asking the jointer to do more than it was designed for....IN fact after patching the first shop wall perforation I now point it so if it gets away, it hucks the plank out the shop door"
Fred gave me a giggle there! We had a table saw and other large power tools at home and used them often. When my brother was taking "Wood Shop" in HS, he was running the table saw and had a piece of wood get away from him on the table saw. No idea why, but it happened that the shop teacher was walking by behind him and almost got whacked. The piece of wood stuck in the sheetrock wall and stuck. The teacher insisted on leaving it there, stuck in the wall. Mr. Wagner, I salute you!
Steve
PS: All of my power tools are named after Fred's first wife...at least, occasionally.