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2nd May 2013, 11:03 AM #1Senior Member
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Opinions on jet JPS10TS table saw and Carba Tec CT-330x thicknesser
Hello all, I wasn't sure where to put this post as I'm asking about a couple of different machines. Admins please move it if it's in the wrong spot! I've been turning a few pens recently and watched Davids series on making pen boxes, something I want to make. I would like to advance my wood working to the next level and to do this I need a couple of new tools I'm in the market for a table saw and a thicknesser. I was lucky enough to pick up a second hand jet 8 inch jointer recently and my brother sold me his Woodfast bandsaw. For my 30th birthday I got a Kreg precision router table and I also bought myself a Leigh dovetail jig at the start of the year. I'm starting to get there as far as wood working machines are concerned but without a table saw and thicknesser I'm having a world of troubles trying to get any timber straight... I dropped into Carba Tec Adelaide the other day and had the usual fantastic service I always get there. I was pointed in the direction of the Jet 10" Pro Shop tablesaw.(Jet 10" Proshop Tablesaw : CARBA-TEC) Its left tilt, rise/fall riving blade and seems to have a nice fence. I don't have a heap of room in the shed and this seems to have a small footprint but big enough to handle most of what I want to do. What are peoples thoughts on this saw? Is it money well spent? Its priced at $1499. its at the higher end of my budget but from every thing I've read it seems but quality, buy once is the general rule. Is this classed as quality? They are sold out but should have some more in a few weeks. Now to my second question, a thicknesser. I would love to get a x series spiral head but the price has knocked me out of the market at this stage, so looking at the Carba Tec 13' spiral head CT-330X.(Carba-Tec® 13" Spiral Head Thicknesser : CARBA-TEC) it seems a compromise, it has a set of blades set on a round shaft. Not what I would call a true spiral head but looks like a good entry level machine. Has anyone had any experience with one of these machines? The lady at Carba Tec highly praised it for work with figured timbers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ash.
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2nd May 2013, 11:13 AM #2
Hi Asheddie
Compare the CT saw model no, CTJ-650 to the jet, you might be surprised.
I can't comment on the thicknesser.Lindz
It's only a foot long, but I don't use it as a rule
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2nd May 2013, 09:41 PM #3
Hi,
I've had the JET JPS10TS for around 7 years- great saw - i thinkclassed as a hybrid saw but got great reviews from a few ww magazines. Has served me very well - spendon a few good blades and build a cross cut jig (I've also got the dial a dado) and it will serve you well. Never had a problem with it.
Cheers.____________________________________________
BrettC
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2nd May 2013, 10:06 PM #4Senior Member
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Its great to hear from someone that owns one, thanks BrettC. I did look at the ctj-650 but liked the look of the jet for my situation. It seems CarbaTec has cornered the JET market and no one else in South Australia stocks the brand anymore. I rang the Brisbane store to get a better time line and they think at least a month before i'll see any machines down this way.
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6th May 2013, 04:30 PM #5Senior Member
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I ordered one!!!
I have gone in a totally different direction and ordered a Laguna Platinum 3hp 10" table saw. Gregory Machinery - Laguna Tablesaw - Platinum Tablesaw It will be here late this week or early next week. I'll post pictures when I get it.
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8th June 2013, 04:19 PM #6Novice
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Carbatec CT-330X 13" (pseudo) spiral head thicknesser
Hi Asheddie,
I've recently become a fan of the work of thicknessers in preparing stock (now I just need a bandsaw for resawing and a jointer...) and, like you, I looked at the carbatec spiral head thicknesser. I ended up buying one while they were on special in May.
It took me three weeks to get time to even turn it on, so my apologies for not being able to get this info out to anyone else who may have bought one while they were on special.
I'm sure anyone who's read up on the CT-330X will have come across reports of some oil leaking. For what it's worth, I didn't get a drop out of mine and I deliberately made no attempt to clean it up before its first run to see how bad it would be (or not as it turned out).
Well, a picture and 1000 words and all that... Before:
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...you can see the mill marks all over it and it's a bit difficult to see any of the what the grain will look like.
And AFTER the very first pass through the machine:
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Maybe a comparison of the (still rough) edge and the face will help:
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Of course what photos will not show is how smooth it feels. I can assure you this face feels as smooth as I've had from professional timber mills after resawing and dressing! It is simply flawless.
I (unfortunately) have nothing to gain financially from this or any other product/vendor - I just tell it how it is for me, and this has been a very happy experience.
My advice for anyone considering this thicknesser: don't be put off by the 'pseudo' nature of the 'spiral head' on this thicknesser, don't necessarily be put off by reports of some oil (but thanks to others who've reported it as a possible issue - just give it an inspection and clean, like the manual says, if you're in any doubt) and most of all, just go buy it. You and I (hopefully) won't be sorry if it keeps spitting out great results like this.
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8th June 2013, 05:07 PM #7Retired
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agree on the CT-330x
I absolutely agree on the thickie. Ive raved about it in another thread.
Today I was doing a big bread board using two kinds of the knarliest, knottiest, turned back grain "timber" imaginable. It was cut from a stump, where the tree has been pruned many times over many years. There was not a single centimeter of straight grain.
I put it through winding it down 0.25mm at a time. I bought a Wixey for it. Go buy a Wixey (Mine was from Rockler).
It came out JUST LOVELY. No tear out. The knots didn't explode. The timber was soft in a few places and its now sitting in the sun drying some clear epoxy into the various cracks and knots.
On another point, I regularly make 3mm boards for the inside of boxes using it. Rip it down on the TS and then do big long strips on the 330x. Just lovely. A very very light once over with my Jap Kana or scraper and its done (I like the feel of cut wood over sanded wood for the insides of boxes).
The little blades are tough. They are not carbide, but mine have lasted for YONKS. They are due to be rotated soon, but this arvo I put a few meters of some of the HARDEST and TOUGHEST timber Ive ever had and it worked just fine. It was SERIOUSLY tough. My Kana is a lethal sharp death machine and it complained about how tough it was.
The 330x is GOOD.
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8th June 2013, 06:45 PM #8
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