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Thread: Finally got to try the GMC
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24th June 2009, 08:45 PM #1
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Finally got to try the GMC
When Bunnies had a special a few years back on the GMC thicknessers, I couldn't resist buying one, especially when my son was working there and I got it even cheaper
Not that I needed one, but I'm a tool addict and at $180 brand new, what the heck. Well it has been sitting in my workshop on the tablesaw collecting dust waiting for me to make a chip collector for the DC 
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I am currently making a turned cheese platter with an end grain board in the middle. I had some 30x25 Zebrano lengths dressed on 2 sides. I glued up enough lengths to cut them up and re-glue them for the board. So out came the thicknesser and I ran them through so it was 25mm thick, and when cut up, the board will have 25x25 end grain pieces. I also left one of the pieces long to hopefully minimise snipe.
It worked a treat, no snipe and smooth square finish
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24th June 2009, 10:42 PM #2
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I bought one at the time and paid the FULL $199. Have used it a few times and have always had good results. It was purchased a secondary thicknesser to my CTJ-381. I also thought that at the price I could not let it go.
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25th June 2009, 11:24 AM #3
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I had one - well, have one that is in serous need of reconditioning... Any intrepid adventurer down here in Tassie want an OLD GMC thicknesser?
Anyway, it server me very well for years and I have done everything on it from 11" boards down to very thin laminations for bow making. It is an OK machine and a great machine for the price.
However, a few things:
1. Make sure that you wax the bottom table - mine is a bit grippy now.
2. Don't try to take off too much in a single pass (but that is just common sense).
3. Check your work periodically - mine has now gone out of square and I only noticed after thicknessing quite a lot of pine one day...
Cheers
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25th June 2009, 01:50 PM #4
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Agree with your other points, but not waxing, as it can affect your finishing. I use a spray on teflon product, on all my machinery sliding surfaces, works a treat.
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25th June 2009, 02:26 PM #5
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Fair call. All I know is that it would be useful to protect/lubricate it somehow. I didn't and that might have caused a few of the problems that have arisen. I will have to look into a Teflon spray - I didn't even know that it existed.
Originally Posted by dai sensei
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25th June 2009, 09:26 PM #6
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True. Originally Posted by CameronPotter
The stuff I use is called Dry Glide, I get it from my bearing supplierNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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28th June 2009, 03:47 AM #7
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At TAFE (Balga, WA) they use paraffin (candle or surfboard) wax. Originally Posted by dai sensei
I got some easyglide on Carbatec's recommendation.
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