In the market for a spiral thicknesser. I'm essentially a week-end warrior so max budget is $1000. Most of my machinery is Carbatec, I love that gear and the quality is top-notch for what I use it.

However I'm looking at these two machines which use the same exact spiral head and I suspect might even come out of the same production line overseas. The Hafco machine is $825 while Carbatec is $999. That difference is big chunk of cash that could go into spare knives and a stand for the machine.

Can anyone enlighten me as to the difference between both, maybe some testimonials of anyone that owns one or both of these machines? Would be much appreciated before I go ahead and plunk some hard earned cash on this.