Thread: About to buy some tools & would like some advice.

HI

These are in Melbourne but freight might be cheaper than buying new. You could always bring a trailer or ute over on the boat and put several machines on it that wpuld save on freight.

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I would buy a 10 inch planer/jointer and a 16" bandsaw.

Are you going to need a 15inch thicknesser or would a 10 inch planer/thicknesser do the job??

Check Ebay you can always go and look at the machine before you bid??

Check out Carbetec & Hare & forbes they may both freight to tasy if they dont have stores there.

Good luck with the purchasers, it is good to help someone else spend their money.

Chees

G'Day

You should include a dust extractor as well. I got a deal from Carbatec where I got the same thicknesser and an extractor as well as some piping for somewhere around $1,800 (cannot remember the exact price). I went for a smaller jointer due to price but think now that may have been false economy. See if they well through in some more piping for the jointer.

Make sure that they can meet the promised delivery times, I was initially informed it would take one week but this turned into 2 1/2 months.

Also you need to get in a sparkie for the 15amp socket, in my case this and two extra 10amp sockets added $500 to the all up costs.

Cheers
Rodney

Beer fridge
Comfortable and suitably grotty old chair
Oscilating fan
Chewing gum dispenser

scratch the oscilating fan, add a pot belly stove with a hot kettle ready at a moments notice. lol.
We have a carba-tec here in launceston which is y i chose all the gear from them, they have them all on the floor. dust extract is a must but i'm not fussed about it too much as i'm gonna put the extractor outside so all i want is heaps of suction.
I'm not sure about going to Vic for all that gear, for 1 i'm not sure if i'd fit it all on 1 trailer plus i recon if i could get over & back for under $500 it would be a bloody miricle. I've PM'd him anyways & i'll check with the ferry just how much travel will cost.
I'd rather a sepreate jointer & thicknesser as space isn't a problem for me.
Carba-tec have a 17" bandsaw http://www.carbatec.com.au/store/ind...80_320_580_590
I've got to run some lighting thru the shed anyways so a 15amp socket will not me much more.

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Good thinking on the 15amps. I often wonder why when people build a shed they don't put in at least one 15amp circuit.
Glad you have plenty of space.

Its heartening to see nobody rushing in to bag carba-tecs equip.

Rattrap, like your chice of saw I have the same model and it is a beauty, you won't be sorry.

Just a thought on the thicknesser. I went through a selection process for one of these and originally chose the model you selected. However, when I actually fiddled with them "in the flesh" I found that I like the model down better, not because it was $300 cheaper, but it has the motor on top and the table stays in place.
Whilst this makes it a little bit harder to wind the head up and down, it makes it heaps simples to have an infedd and outfeed roller stand that you don't have to adjust with every change of thickness. This makes it a much better choice IMHO.

U know i never thought of that. we don't often use the roller stands as its kind of shed policy for 2 people to operate machines like all these. Not enforced or anything just always handy to have another pair of hands round.
I'd chosen this 1 for the reason that the motor was down the bottom but the idea of a static table sounds a good 1

I reckon the opposite, those overhead motors are a PITA to do blade changes. I dont use roller stands with mine(Timbecon TBW3801 its virtually the same as the CT one your looking at) the infeed and outfeed tables are strong enough to hold any piece I'll ever feed through it.

Originally Posted by Harry72

I reckon the opposite, those overhead motors are a PITA to do blade changes.

good point too. i'm off to the shed today so i'll have a good look at our thicknesser there. Its a bottom mounted motor too.

I have had the overhead thicknesser for the last 6yrs or so and can tell you that changing the blades is not a PITA as the motor pivots out of the way, in fact I would reckon it would be the same as doing it on one with the motor below.

Originally Posted by Rattrap

U know i never thought of that. we don't often use the roller stands as its kind of shed policy for 2 people to operate machines like all these. Not enforced or anything just always handy to have another pair of hands round.
I'd chosen this 1 for the reason that the motor was down the bottom but the idea of a static table sounds a good 1

As my shed doesn't have that policy, or the luxury of being able to always have 2 people on hand (SWMBO has a life too you know!), I find that I have to use roller stands, particularly on the outfeed. Having the stand setup at the correct height greatly assists with eliminating snipe. In fact I can say I have never had snipe with my CTJ680 (well so far anyway).

As for changing blades, I haven't done that yet, but reading the manuals for both the o/head motor and the base mounted motor machines, I can't see that it is any more difficult.

The CTJ680 is a very good machine and I certainly value the stationary table.

I like the static deck, i think i'll prob go with the overhead machine. I'll defenately check out the blade access for myself first.

On the subject of dust extraction, can a 2hp 1200cfm dust exhaustor with 4" pipe be reduced to the hand tool size (sander etc) & still have sufficant suck? I plan to have my dust collection outside but i'd prefer to have just the 1 pipe.