Jet 12" benchtop thicknesser

Hi Guys,

I am looking at purchasing one of these from Carbatec, or failing that one of the other similar units on offer in Oz.
It will be used mostly for recycling WRC, and the odd bit of hardwood for electric guitar bodies.
I had the Ryobi version previously, it used disposable 2 sided knives.

My question re the Jet is that they appear to have single edged knives that can be resharpened.
Does anyone know how often this can be done before they are buggered ?

As far as I can tell most of these twin blade units do pretty much the same job, so because I am a tight :U I am trying to work out which machine will have the cheapest consumables.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer my question.

I'm looking at one of these too... It's between this, the Ryobi, the Triton or if I can stretch my budget the Metabo DH330.

Any thoughts from the experts on here would be appreciated!

Hi Wynterplace,

I ended up buying the Jet.
Regarding the blades, if you buy the Jet you get a spare set in the box, both sets are single sided, Carbatec didn't mention this.
The other thing I found out is the double sided replacement blades that fit the current Ryobi will also fit.
Still no idea how many sharpens I will get out of the single sided ones.
The machine itself does a good job for what it is, so far I have run approx 40 m of western red cedar and about the same of Vic ash with no drama.
cheers,

Thanks for the reply mase.

How loud is it? being a non-spiral cutter I'm concerned about the noise where I live. My neighbours are very close, and 7mm/minute for a 400mm length is over 5 minutes of howling.

Also, have you run really hard wood through it? I'd like to be able to run red gum and jarrah if possible.


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I've got one, and they are very noisy, but the feed rate is 7 metres / minute.

Jeff

Hahaha. I read it as 7mm/minute.


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I have a ryobi and it's so noisy I don't use it so the neighbour s stay nice.

I am trying to find a local shop that can do it for me.


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I live next to a retirement village. They haven't cracked it about the saw, the router, my barking dog or my screaming daughter... but that might tip them over the edge.


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I could always take the machine and the wood to work and do it there... in and industrial estate.


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It is very loud as the others have stated.
I deal with this by...
I use it inside the shed now I have my dust extraction set up properly( with the door shut).
I get home from work about 4 pm and use it then, as my nearest neighbours are usually still out.
I only run it for 15/20 minutes at a time, I don't do production work anymore, this is just a hobby.
Taking it to work if you have a lot timber to thickness is a good idea, I have done this in the past.
I've found people will put up with loud noise if its only for short periods and not every day, so i spread the "noisy work" over the week,and do the "quieter stuff" on the weekends.
For the difference in cost between the Jet and a spiral/segmented head machine I could buy enough timber already machined to last quite a while, but that defeats the purpose of the hobby for me.

It will do Jarrah, just don't try to put a 3 metre length of 200 x 50 through it.Small sections only.
Cheers,