EG50

[John S]

Happy New Year to all!
Is anybody here running the WM EG50 single blade edger?  I was wondering about kick back as in a table saw since you are running an uneven edge up against the fence.  Also, it seems like a two-person operation from the videos I have watched on YouTube.
Thanks,
John

[customsawyer]

I have not seen that edger personally but in all the edgers I have seen there is small fingers that prevent kick back. It don't have to be a two person job but it helps.

[MIsawyer]

I have not ran that edger but have seen it ran and there are not fingers to prevent kickback on this model, so the risk of kickback is there being it is setup like a tablesaw with an arbor. I wwould get with woodmizer to see if they have fingers available for this model.

[beenthere]

This edger is shown in this video, and there are fingers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMReVjl42m0

[JustinW_NZ]

Hi there.

Yes the edger has fingers and it does make sense to have at least 2 people to operate efficiently.

Ive never had any kickback on mine either.

Cheers
Justin

[MIsawyer]

Sorry guys for the wrong info there I was thinking of another edger sorry :-[

[John S]

Thanks for the replies, I hope to see one running at the next demonstration that I attend.

[sdunston]

Happy New Year everyone, I have had an EG50 for 3 years now and love it, Would be nice in a 10hp diesel with electric start.

[steve marek]

Just brought one this fall was on the fence about buying one now that I have it is great no more edging on mill get more out each board. You can run it with one person no kick backs there is fingers on the eg 50

[John S]

Thanks for the info, Steve.  That answers all of my questions.