Logosol/woodmizer 360 planer moulder

[billy_wizz]

Hi were considered getting one of these small moulders and was wondering what people who own use one think? I know there is some content about these but was interested if people's opinions have changed about them with more time under there belts

Tia

[topchippyles]

What will you be running through it altogether 

[billy_wizz]

Mostly larch,Doug fir, wrc plus random bits of softwood!

First up going to be running panel caps for fencing as we keep being let down and 1 at a time through a spindle moulder isn't great! Then hopefully moving on to t&g boards par and cladding profile's with some bigger sections for pagodas and suchlike! To be fair were hoping to build up some value added to run with our core fencing products!

[topchippyles]

I have never used either version and i do not think anyone on here has either.

 

Might be worth looking here  Scott+Sargeant

Edited February 5, 2021 by topchippyles

[ARV]

We have a moretens ph260.

Which from what I can see is the same as the Logosol/woodmizer machines (but a few years older).  We mainly run WRC and Larch through it. 

It's a good machine and has definitely earnt its keep with us (though we did buy 2nd hand). 

You need to have decent dust extraction sorted.

We've found that it's worth picking a couple of sizes for cladding and sticking with them so you can mill and build up a stock of the rough sawn boards to give them time to air dry!

 

Switching between different profiles can be quite time consuming. It's not too bad switching between different types of t&g Cladding, but switching from t&g to par could take an hour or so as you have to adjust the height of cutter blocks and all the fences and pressure rollers.

 

[billy_wizz]

6 hours ago, ARV said:

We have a moretens ph260.

Which from what I can see is the same as the Logosol/woodmizer machines (but a few years older).  We mainly run WRC and Larch through it. 

It's a good machine and has definitely earnt its keep with us (though we did buy 2nd hand). 

You need to have decent dust extraction sorted.

We've found that it's worth picking a couple of sizes for cladding and sticking with them so you can mill and build up a stock of the rough sawn boards to give them time to air dry!

 

Switching between different profiles can be quite time consuming. It's not too bad switching between different types of t&g Cladding, but switching from t&g to par could take an hour or so as you have to adjust the height of cutter blocks and all the fences and pressure rollers.

 

Yes moretens built it logosol put there badge on then resold it then a few years ago woodmizer baught the company lol

[kav]

I've seen a logosol one in action (not sure which model) I don't know much about them but looked good. They did have some demos over here, might be worth an ask