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   RickL | Jul 27, 2005 04:58pm | #1

   Forget the Inca...no support available.  The closest equivalent would be Rikon. Woodcraft was selling the Rikon bandsaw so maybe they are carrying the planer. A friend has the bandsaw and is very impressed. An 18" bandsaw for 1/2 the price of a Laguna.  Other combo machines are Minimax, Knapp, Hammer, Rojek, Felder, Robland and a few others lesser known. 

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   omron | Jul 28, 2005 04:44pm | #2

   I have been using the 10" INCA jointer planer for over 25 years and it has served me very well with NO problems at all.  I have run many hundreds of linear feet of cherry, Maghony, Oak & Maple through the machine.

   The machine is a precision, light weight unit and needs to be mounted on a stable base (I built mine out of maple).  I use a 1-1/2 HP motor to drive the unit.  I have only 2 complaints first is for my machine, which is over 25 years old, there is no carbide blades available.  I have to sharpen my steel blades about every 8 or 9 months.  Second is my in/out beds are not that long.  On the newer models they went from a 2 blade system (mine) to a 3 blade system and carbide blades are available also the in/out beds are longer.

   Parts are still available for my model, even after 25 years.  Technical help is excellent.  these units are sold and parts maintained by Garrett Wade (http://WWW.garrettwade.com).

   I would buy another unit in a heart beat.  These units are best used by home craftspeople and not by high volume production shops.  these units are also very expensive but well worth the cost.  the last I checked sefveral years ago this unit sold for around $2,000.

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   RickL | Jul 28, 2005 09:11pm | #3

   Things have changed. Garret Wade has a limited selection of parts. Eagle Tools was selling them as well and they informed me on 7/27/2005 that Inca stopped production a few years ago so no new machines are being sold.   I've used and fixed Inca tools over the years and unless you have a machine shop and are skilled at rebuilding machines I would stay away from Inca.

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   tommac | Aug 01, 2005 12:06am | #4

   Thanks...that is what I concerned about...will steer clear of the INCA.

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   tommac | Aug 01, 2005 12:08am | #5

   Thanks for the useful information.  Its a real shame about iNCA.  Everything I've heard from people who had them was positive.

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   daryl | Aug 12, 2005 06:59pm | #6

   I had an Inca, and am glad to be rid of it. The drive belt was this rather silly, thin, twisted moebius strip, and the guard, a very flimsy caricature of a Euro guard can best be desctibed as awful.

   In it's favor: it took up little room for a 10" capacity.