New toy

[jamesd]

has anyone got a DEWALT D27300? They seem very similar to the metabo but are almost double the money and can't see why that is?

[Macpherson]

Yep, 152 mm = 6". Got mine of ebay from djm direct for £560, but there not listing it at the moment. At the time they were being offered with a wheels kit thrown in which swung it for me as it`s more expense if this is something you would need to buy separately, it`s a fairly heavy bit of kit to move on your own and without wheels the rubber feet wouldn`t last 5 mins.

I spent ages swithering over which machine to buy, the trouble is, once you get up to this sort of money you`re getting into the territory of the ` real thing ` second hand specially if you`ve got 3 phase or an inverter. Just put planer thicknesser into ebay and start slavering, the Record Power PT 260 on the first page is the Metabo machine under a different name and with a scissors type wheels arrangement, different to mine, perhaps better !

But then the Segwick 12" x 8".........................

I would imagine that down where you are there must be easy access to a wide variety of options. Good hunting.

[jamesd]

Yep, 152 mm = 6". Got mine of ebay from djm direct for £560, but there not listing it at the moment. At the time they were being offered with a wheels kit thrown in which swung it for me as it`s more expense if this is something you would need to buy separately, it`s a fairly heavy bit of kit to move on your own and without wheels the rubber feet wouldn`t last 5 mins.

I spent ages swithering over which machine to buy, the trouble is, once you get up to this sort of money you`re getting into the territory of the ` real thing ` second hand specially if you`ve got 3 phase or an inverter. Just put planer thicknesser into ebay and start slavering, the Record Power PT 260 on the first page is the Metabo machine under a different name and with a scissors type wheels arrangement, different to mine, perhaps better !

But then the Segwick 12" x 8".........................

I would imagine that down where you are there must be easy access to a wide variety of options. Good hunting.

 

The record is the other one i have been looking at but can't see what difference there is between that and the metabo and the record seems to be a good £100 more.

Is it easy enough to convert it from planing to thicknessing? I know you have to move one of the tables to do this. My only other question is is it easy enough to take the legs of if i wanted to store it away somewhere?

[Macpherson]

Hi, yeah, you got to assemble it when you take it off the pallet, it`s heavy enough to be unwieldy until it`s on it`s legs, that`s why imo the wheels are really handy, you can`t lift it using the planing table as was said, the alloy could warp or snap, it`s a 2 man lift sedan chair style with a couple of 3x2`s under the thicknessing bed. I`d guess that once it`s built up you`ll not want to take the legs off !!

There are table top machines on the same page that take 5" + timber at half the price, some with built in dust extraction.

The Record looks like the same machine with minor differences [ switch for instance]

This is the only lightweight planner that I`ve used so I can`t comment on any of the others but as I found the usual problem these days is too much choice.........you just have to pick one and bite the bullet......cheers.

[jamesd]

Hi, yeah, you got to assemble it when you take it off the pallet, it`s heavy enough to be unwieldy until it`s on it`s legs, that`s why imo the wheels are really handy, you can`t lift it using the planing table as was said, the alloy could warp or snap, it`s a 2 man lift sedan chair style with a couple of 3x2`s under the thicknessing bed. I`d guess that once it`s built up you`ll not want to take the legs off !!

There are table top machines on the same page that take 5" + timber at half the price, some with built in dust extraction.

The Record looks like the same machine with minor differences [ switch for instance]

This is the only lightweight planner that I`ve used so I can`t comment on any of the others but as I found the usual problem these days is too much choice.........you just have to pick one and bite the bullet......cheers.

 

Do you have any dust extraction for when you use your metabo?