Hi all, recently got a new Hare & Forbes T318 Thicknesser.
Very impressed so far, very easy to use. Ran some old cedar weatherboards through it knowing they were quite badly cupped (3m length, 170mm wide and about 25mm thick).
Started off just skimming the timber, probably only half a millimeter cut, ran each board through four times (both sides from both ends) gradually coming down onto the timber by a quarter turn of the lowering handle at a time. By the time the whole width of the board was being cut the machine got slightly louder but the auto feed continued at the same pace.
Had it hooked up to the dust collector and after about 2 hours of continuous work what was on the floor wouldn't have been more than half a dustpan worth of dust.
The finished boards are now 17mm thick with no hint of a curve, dead flat.
The finish was so good that I went straight to 600 grit paper for the finishing touches(then 800, 1000 ) prior to putting on 4 coats of linseed oil. Came up a treat.
cheers, billy

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