here is marunaka's entry level supersurfacer. as i mentioned nearly every shop has one of these and there are numerous companies putting out their own version. softwoods only... definitely not for afrormosia or ipè.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZOfOu8lgg
the one i just picked up is considerably older (from the 70's) with a one way feed. i'll post a picture of it once it's cleaned up some.