Finger Dicer
12th March 2005, 09:42 AM
Last night my daughter dropped off a brand spanking new 12" thicknesser.
I lub my daughter :) .
Its a brand I hadnt seen before but is produced by http://www.positecindustrial.com/ProductsBenchtop.asp these folks, for Mitre 10 NZ and possibly Aus as well tho I find no Australian reference to it.
It was on special at $419.00 NZ dollars (about $390.00 aus).
Cobra at Mite10 NZ http://www.mitre10.co.nz/products/item.asp?iCategoryID=5&lSKU=256882&loggedin=False
She wants me to make her a tallboy using Macrocarpa. Rough sawn mac is available here from the local mill at $3.15 per metre including GST.
(They also offered me a 3 cube packet of 150 x 25 shorts at 1 metre to 2 metre lenghts for $350.00 so I will buy some at that price. :)
The one major tool/machine I dont have is a thicknesser, so she said she would buy the thicknesser as a payment/birthday pressie for me
Now who am I to argue with an offer like that;) .
I took it for a test drive this morning. Apart from attaching the height handle and making sure nothing was amiss it set up for use right out of the box. To start I poked a couple of lengths of d4s 100 x 40 radiata thru and ran it down to 37 mm. No problem. All sides square and equal in thickness.
The same with a couple of 25 x 75 roughsawn Tassie blackwood boards, and to finsih some 25 x 50 macrocarpa. The finish on all pieces was excellent, all sides square and true. Very nice. A bit noisy on the blackwood but thats to be expected. Noise wasnt as great a factor as I had anticipated...but ear protection is still a must.
All in all I look forward to a long and enjoyable use of this machine.
I lub my daughter :) .
Its a brand I hadnt seen before but is produced by http://www.positecindustrial.com/ProductsBenchtop.asp these folks, for Mitre 10 NZ and possibly Aus as well tho I find no Australian reference to it.
It was on special at $419.00 NZ dollars (about $390.00 aus).
Cobra at Mite10 NZ http://www.mitre10.co.nz/products/item.asp?iCategoryID=5&lSKU=256882&loggedin=False
She wants me to make her a tallboy using Macrocarpa. Rough sawn mac is available here from the local mill at $3.15 per metre including GST.
(They also offered me a 3 cube packet of 150 x 25 shorts at 1 metre to 2 metre lenghts for $350.00 so I will buy some at that price. :)
The one major tool/machine I dont have is a thicknesser, so she said she would buy the thicknesser as a payment/birthday pressie for me
Now who am I to argue with an offer like that;) .
I took it for a test drive this morning. Apart from attaching the height handle and making sure nothing was amiss it set up for use right out of the box. To start I poked a couple of lengths of d4s 100 x 40 radiata thru and ran it down to 37 mm. No problem. All sides square and equal in thickness.
The same with a couple of 25 x 75 roughsawn Tassie blackwood boards, and to finsih some 25 x 50 macrocarpa. The finish on all pieces was excellent, all sides square and true. Very nice. A bit noisy on the blackwood but thats to be expected. Noise wasnt as great a factor as I had anticipated...but ear protection is still a must.
All in all I look forward to a long and enjoyable use of this machine.