Carbatec combination planer - thicknesser with helical head
Well after a long while of looking, planing, checking, I have finally bit the bullet and bought the combination planer - thicknesser.. 10% discount made my decision much easier :)
Just spent last few hours unpacking it..
Well it has been packed inside chipboard box... nice solid protection...
Unloading from the van was a bit tricky but managed to do it after about 40 minutes of wiggling, twisting, puling, cursing...etc
mounted the machine straight onto the mobile base so it is movable...
inital setup is quite basic... mount the fence align it, mount the guard and thats about it.. sweet..
it was unpacking that took most of the time.. moving close to 150 kg of metal by yourself it a bit tricky exercise but managed to do it..
after setup I've decided to turn it on.. although it is close to 11 pm.. though to give it a quick try just to see if it is running.. what a surprise.. It is so quiet... I've done a narrow piece of wood and that was quiet too.. as in.. it is soo quiet that you can have normal conversation ..no yelling or anything right next to it while you operate machine...
Well now I need to dock some timber and give it a good run.. hopefully tomorrow...
After research, and talking to guys at carbatec, I've find out that current iteration of the machine, is actually new design.. actually not really new design.. but re-worked original... fence is solid cast iron, helix head is actually different to any helix head on any of the other carbatec machines... it is much better than any of the other ones.. carbatec guys believe that it is made in taiwan, rather than in china.. so another bonus...
has two belts rather than original one... so lots of improvements..
anyway, will see how it goes once I start using it...
by the way.. no association with carbatec... just a happy customer providing personal opinion and views....
:)
