Thread: Best Thicknesser for carpenter

Hello Jill,
If you mean a portable unit for the trailer I had a good run from a Ryobi "lunch box" machine. Over about 6 years of work in a 3 to 5 man gang I only twice replaced the chain drive and once a roller, parts were available in a couple of days. Still in use with another owner. Plus side, economical to buy, parts available, easy to service, small & light enough for site work, reliable. Minus, no weight so need to be secured for use, needs in/out feed rollers (dont they all) if working alone, no dust port, sometimes too small in width (rarely).
Regards, Bill.

You could look at the Makita 2012NB around $850.

Dust extraction hood is a rip off though, except from the US!

dont buy the hitachi we have had only had problems with it, might only get used once or twice a year on site as we have a 3ph 600mm wide machine in the shop but when ever we got to use it almost stops or something goes wrong

I have the dewalt DW 735 It has 3 blades great extraction system and couldn't be happier with it. The DW 733 is probably a better unit for lugging around building sites. The 735 is about 30 kg so bit heavy to move around a lot. The dew alt has a large in feed base plate but could probabl do with a longer roller for the out feed. The blades are double sided the down side is that the brochure says that they are throw away items. I will let you know after I try and get my first set resharpened.

Total tools in south melboune do great deals.

I have a DW733 unit. Blades are resharpenable and fairly easy to remove and replace. Does a good finish but needs dust extraction (like all of them except the DW735). I'd agree with piquet's assessment. It is noisy (of course).