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30th August 2018, 02:01 AM #1Senior Member
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New addition to the shed! Great machine.
So I sold my 8" carbatec Jointer and went a bought this bad boy... It's an amazing bit of machinery and after some fine tuning it gets boards more square than I thought possible.
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30th August 2018, 10:00 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Very nice.
Regards
Keith
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7th September 2018, 03:35 PM #3
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25th September 2018, 04:45 AM #4Senior Member
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Sorry for the late reply.
The carbatec machine was a great machine and nothing really wrong with it I was just lucky enough to be able to upgrade and always eyed off the powermatic machine.
The one thing with the carbatec machine that always annoyed me was that I found the fence didn’t take much to knock it out of square, this just meant I would always use a square to square it up before I used it each time.
Apart from that I had upgraded my cutter head to a helical cutter which I would recommend if your cost permits.
The carbatec jointer won’t disappoint it gets the job done.
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25th September 2018, 07:29 AM #5Mobyturns
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3rd October 2018, 07:32 PM #7Senior Member
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The Powermatic looks like a great machine. I was looking at them for our men shed and the only reason I never ventured down the Powermatic path was the importer.
I was advised at the time by a staff member at carbatec (importers) we can only supply what tools are available in Australia. As we no longer import or deal with Powermatic tools. Of course my first question was who looks after any warranty matters. I was told Powermatic USA.
That was a no deal for me. I hope someone else has taken up importing these tools as they are a nice piece of gear.
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4th October 2018, 07:14 PM #8Senior Member
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9th October 2018, 10:08 PM #9Senior Member
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Laguna 12 inch jointer.
This is a beast of a machine, I have a feeling they came out of the same factory Powermatic and Laguna, I could be VERY wrong on that one.
If u look at the spec they appear exactly the same apart from paint colour.
If the purchase was just for me I would have been very tempted to go with Powermatic, however with this tool going into a group environment, warranty was a concern, hence the Laguna path.
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