Thread: Aldi table saw

PS I have to go to New Zealand or further to find alcohol in a supermarket.

Australia has become the nanny state. This is because the majority of the people still think you can solve problems with legislation. You can't. Legislation should be reserved to help protect people from the very worst of outcomes. It is misguided to think it's a good vechicle for anything more.



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The bandsaw specs and appearance look exactly the same as the Ryobi that Bunnings sells for $299 (with some extra accessories).

I'm tempted to get all three machines to be honest. I've just made a tiny workshop in my backyard and I'm struggling to imagine how much I can fit and in what configuration and still have a functional workflow and what I can live without.

So I've started to add small/cheap machines as an experiment to help me decide what actually works, what I need to ditch , what I can keep and what I can upgrade to bigger/better.

I'm doing a bit more research on this rebadged Scheppach combo machine. It seems there's a significant drawback with switching modes.
It appears that it won't power on until you put the dust chute on. The problem is that it seems to be a bit fiddly to change over the dust chute from one mode to the other. Also I'm not sure but you might have to remove the fence each time you want to use the thicknesser.

Of course you get what you pay for. It's just that I was thinking that after I sort out the pallets perhaps I could use this as a backup machine whenever I want a quick and dirty way to straighten that single piece because I have to redo something or whatever. That's not going to work out so well if I have to muck around with the machine each time.

I'm probably better off saving for a new jointer and devising a cart for my thicknesser.

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Originally Posted by DaveVman

I'm probably better off saving for a new jointer and devising a cart for my thicknesser.

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It makes sense to save and fork out once for a good machine, but on the other hand at this price how much money can you lose if you end up reselling the ALDI... I don't know.

I have one of these that I bought from Mitre 10, I use it more as a thicknesser than a jointer. The jointer infeed and outfeed tables are cast aluminium with a machined surface on both. The drawbacks are the rise and fall of the infeed is managed by a central rod at the end of the table sometimes it remains complainer with the outfeed table and sometimes not. It’s a bit of a fiddle to get the two right. The fence is pressed steel and not square along its length very flimsy mounting too. The changing between the two modes is fairly quick, just wind down the thicknesser platen to the bottom unscrew the two knobs for the chute and place it on the platen, a thread inserts into the platen to locate it (no nut required) and wind the platen back up, the chute has a plastic lug that engages the cut off switch.
If you want some photos let me know and I will load some up. I purchased some more knives for it off eBay easily enough.
The 204mm width is limiting.
If I had the money I would go to a lunchbox thicknesser at a minimum and a jointer.

It does work OK as an elcheapo thicknesser though?

Dave doesn't the Aldi sell alcohol? All the ones I've seen do.

Yes it does, I have started making guitars and have been able to get down to 2mm thickness with it with a supporting board (normal min thickness is 5mm) the knives stay sharp for a long time and with a dust extractor hooked up its great. I am really happy with how the finish ends up, it’s clean. Have a look in the musical instrument forum on here at a couple of my builds.
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Originally Posted by Mnb

It does work OK as an elcheapo thicknesser though?

Dave doesn't the Aldi sell alcohol? All the ones I've seen do.

I'm in Queensland. The 'smart state'. We are such a 'smart state' that we are too stupid to be able to cope with 2 timezones in a single state. i.e. daylight savings for the South. So how do you expect us to cope with buying wine at the same place we buy our food? Can you imagine how much strain that would put on our poor wee brains here in QLD? Were do you even get these radical ideas? We don't pay a few billion dollars in duties and taxes to have our politicians do wild things like allow alcohol to be sold in supermarkets. Not here in the 'smart state' we don't.


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If I had the money I would go to a lunchbox thicknesser at a minimum and a jointer.

I am coming in quite late here, so forgive if this is out of context ...

I would never purchase a lunchbox thicknesser. Ever again (if I needed to) .... unless you can find one that is quiet. They screech like a banshee in pain, and cause the neighbourhood and family to go white with fright! It really is worth waiting for a better machine.

In the meantime, a jointer will flatten one side, and that is a good start. If you do not have a power jointer, learn to use a joiner hand plane.

Get a bandsaw for the money you would spend on a lunchbox thicknesser. Once one side is flat, resaw to a little over thickness on the bandsaw, and then use a hand plane (e.g. #5 or #7) to smooth away the saw marks. Once you get going, this can be a quick method.

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Derek

Thanks Derek, I fully understand what you are saying. I do joint with a hand plane (I have 2 5’s and a 7), that’s why I am not worried about using the combo unit to joint with, I do use it to flatten a board prior to thicknessing. I was using the lunchbox units as an example as a minimum option aside from this cheap unit, it’s narrow at 204mm as opposed to 300mm of a lunchbox etc. it’s also just as loud. I have a big bandsaw too. If my budget were limitless I would have a much better setup. All good, thank you for mentioning this though [emoji16]

I'm in Queensland. The 'smart state'. We are such a 'smart state' that we are too stupid to be able to cope with 2 timezones in a single state. i.e. daylight savings for the South. So how do you expect us to cope with buying wine at the same place we buy our food? Can you imagine how much strain that would put on our poor wee brains here in QLD? Were do you even get these radical ideas? We don't pay a few billion dollars in duties and taxes to have our politicians do wild things like allow alcohol to be sold in supermarkets. Not here in the 'smart state' we don't.

Wow. I'm kinda gobsmacked by that, totally sucks too cause Aldi has cheap alcohol.

Originally Posted by Cal

Thanks Derek, I fully understand what you are saying. I do joint with a hand plane (I have 2 5’s and a 7), that’s why I am not worried about using the combo unit to joint with, I do use it to flatten a board prior to thicknessing. I was using the lunchbox units as an example as a minimum option aside from this cheap unit, it’s narrow at 204mm as opposed to 300mm of a lunchbox etc. it’s also just as loud. I have a big bandsaw too. If my budget were limitless I would have a much better setup. All good, thank you for mentioning this though [emoji16]

I have a lunch box thicknesser with a segmented cutter. It is no where near the loudest machine in the shed. Plus I use it outside and the neighbours don't complain. Of course that might be because they've stopped talking to me due to the noise, hahaha. Oops.

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Guys...I just stopped at my local Aldi and took a booklet... There is no thicknesser...only the miter saw and the bendsaw...

Originally Posted by Jekkil

Guys...I just stopped at my local Aldi and took a booklet... There is no thicknesser...only the miter saw and the bendsaw...

Well I don't know what to tell you. In mine it's on the same page as the mitre saw. Page 4.


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