Thicknesser help

[astra25]

Sheppach 2600 CI. Very accurate, but limited to 10 inches wide. I'm by no means an expert on this, but my view is the choice depends on the intended use (pretty obvious!). My priority was to be able to flatten and straighten a piece of milled and dried timber which might be quite distorted, in addition to planing to a uniform thickness. I looked at bench top planers but was concerned that it would be difficult to straighten and flatten longish boards before thicknessing them, as the bed is very short, so a banana shaped and twisted boarded would come out still slightly banana shaped and twisted, but flat across the width and uniform thickness. Probably less of an issue for short timbers or constructional timbers?

 

Andrew

I'm after the exact same thing to turn milled timber into usable consistant wood just unsure which would be bust for me my wood is mainly around 3 foot long but would be nice to mill longer in the future if it came up. Thanks for your reply.

[Ian Leach]

Well I think I'm might be going for the makita or dewalt, will be looking at the makita on Friday and possibly dewalt if they have it in stock.

[muttley9050]

I know someone with an older makita and i didn't think it was as good as my dewalt, do I would definitely look at both before buying.

[Ian]

Depends what you want to spend, but the hammer range from felder I would highly reccomend.

[agg221]

I've got some photos - now just need to remember where I have put the camera!

 

Alec