Thread: $199 gmc thicknesser bargain

Just called into Home hardware on the way to work and they are selling for $429. You guys have done well. Don't feel bad about spending the $$$s.
CP

I rng the local bunnies yesterday. They didn't have any left. So I rang the other local Bunnies (yes 2. One used to be BBC hardware the other used to be Mitre10) they said "it's only the Bunnings Warehouses that can get those promotions specials we can't even order them."
So I rang Port Macquarie Bunnings Warehouse (60kms away) The lady said "we don't have one but I'll see if I can order one and call you back."
She phoned back about 10 mins later and said that she'd found one up on a pallet at the top of a stack and could I wait until they had a chance to get it down.
Brand new in the box! Can you hold it for me?
No problem, it's now behind the sales counter with my name on it to pick up on Friday.
Best part is that SWMBO will pick it up for me. Lucky cause they are little screamers and I'd never be able to hide it from her.
See some good comes from the broken leg even if Scott(Wongo) doesn't think it's serious.

Thanks heaps for the tip fellas, I just rang my local Bunnings store (Melton)
and he has ordered me one for $199.00, so I can put the extra cash toward a jointer.

Thanks for the heads up on the cheap GMC SCMS, do you happen to know if it was the twin rail job ?
Regards
Woodbutcher

Originally Posted by doug the slug

well i dont have to kick myself!!!! I went to Bunnings this morning and was talking to my favourite toolshop lady and she clarified the situation to me, which i will now explain for the benefit of all:

The official list price for the GMC thicknesser IS $199. it has changed on the computer but a lot of stores dont notice it till a month or so later. It is also no longer a stocked item, and once your local store runs out of them they can be ordered in through the special orders desk. their code for this type of stock is "on P"

Another item that is now "on P" is the big gmc sliding compound mitre saw, price now $188'ish, but apparrently it goes back to full price after this sunday. but if your local bunnings is out of stock and you order by sunday i guess you would get it for this price.

My $199 thicknesser should be waiting my collection early next week, and the $170 i'm saving there will go down well at the www show this weekend

Hope this info is useful to a lot of forum members

Does anyone know if the gmc is the same as the Timbecon MB-1931, looks the same from the picture.I was thinking of getting the MB-1931 but for nearly half the price it looks good. Also oesanyon know if the ofer extends to Perth.

The story as of today is the price reductiion is to sell-off all stock before the release of a new model in a couple of weeks. The new machine price is not available (to me) and the alterations are also not available.
Local Bunnings do not have stock, and I'm waiting for a call to advise if one can be obtained at $199.
Local Mitre 10 selling at $359, if my memory is right.

soth

I managed to locate what is probably the last remaining $199 GMC thicknesser in the world (! ) - partly out of curiosity and partly because I do have intentions of buying a thicknesser at some stage (WHAT!!! you cry at this news. I am not totally daft, you know, about thicknessing rough sawn hardwoods).

Anyway, about the GMC. It was right next to a Ryobi (at $399). I must say that the Ryobi was in a different class. The GMC felt lighter, lacked any dust management, and just overall lacked the presentation.

My wife is always on about buying cheap stuff and the regret one later has. I think that the GMC lacks the important dust management that I believe is vital, and as a result I am not tempted much to buy it at this point.

Timbercon sell the same machine as the GMC at $299. Carba-tec sell it for $349. They look identical, just rebadged and a different colour. I don't believe either comes with a dust extraction system. Is this extra feature on the Ryobi worth an extra $100? What is the cheapest machine (worth buying) that has this feature? Will this be the GMC that will replace the current model?

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

the GMC lacks the important dust management that I believe is vital, and as a result I am not tempted much to buy it at this point.


Derek

with a bit of Aussie ingenuity and maybe a bit of 4" stormwater pipe cut to length across the outfeed side where the expensive ones have their plastic dust shrouds and she'll be as right as rain. (remember rain?). Says he as he hopes it'll work.

It will also be necessary to make up a tight fitting panel to fit over the exhaust area, and to have an appropriate for your D/C hose connection.

When I bought my Sherwood MB-1931, Timbecon threw in the dust collection kit (if memory serves). If I knew then what I know now, however, I would have gone for at least a 15" machine - not so much for the little bit of additional width, but because of the much better quality.

I bought the OZITO for $289 which was cheaper than the RR price of both the RYobi and GMC it has much the same specs and uses the same double sided blades as the Ryobi and the GMC. It has dust extraction facility and a 3 year replecement warranty. Only used it for a test so far and looks fine, but will run be running about 80m of 200mm wide oregon through it in the next week or so. That should give it a fair test. I'll post the result. Also picked up the GMC SCMS for $189 today (Thanks Doug) and will be giving that a work out soon. Both items on the shopping list for a bloody long time and both bought now for just over the RR price of one.

Originally Posted by Caliban

with a bit of Aussie ingenuity and maybe a bit of 4" stormwater pipe cut to length across the outfeed side where the expensive ones have their plastic dust shrouds and she'll be as right as rain. (remember rain?). Says he as he hopes it'll work.

Don't Mitre 10 stock these? They have a "we will be cheaper or it's 10% off the difference" type offer don't they?

Not sure, but it's interesting........

stuart - see my post (#22) above. It's Bunnings that advertise the 10% additional discount for anything published as cheaper than the same product they are offering.

Yeah - I know Bunnies has the 10% off the whole price if you find it cheaper. I'm pretty sure Mitre 10 will give you the lower price and 10% off the DIFFERENCE if you find a lower price. I know because I have received this discount in the past - price matching to Bunnings.

This was at Mitre 10 Mega, which is why I asked if it was available elsewhere.

I m very tempted to go buy one now, but i don't have a jointer, so is there much point getting a thicknesser? Maybe i'll have to just joint with my router table.