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Arrived Friday afternoon. I had other things on the go so kind of putzed away, unwrapping, attaching, looking.
Finally this morning I couldn't let it sit any longer. I rounded up enough electrical, connected to shopvac, ClearVue mini cyclone and let her rip.
First pass good. 2nd pass good, 3rd pass no go. Now I pay the price for not following all of the setups. Before getting to carried away, I lowered the table, turn it on and notice the infeed roller wasn't moving. I reengaged the gearbox and way it went.
In the course of making 40 litres of chips, I fed through some hard maple, black walnut, lyptus, very knotty piece of pecan and a big knot I had cut out of a piece of Kentucky Coffeetree. None of them showed any tearout, chipping, unevenness, waves, or other surface defects I could attribute to the machine.
The Coffeetree was the test. This stuff is so prone to tear out and overheating. To have that bigass knot come through unscathed, both sides, both direction was incredible.
Then I put in a couple of pieces of 1 X 3 of 1st growth cedar. The first pass came out with what appear blade chatter. So did the second pass. By the 4th pass the surface was spotless. I had been taking such fine cuts, the shearing action was slicing right through the original milling marks!
Quiet and powerful.
Six rows of cutters is hard to understand until you toch them. The head is massive and is all cutters. Very impressive to look at. Very impressive to use.
Dislikes.
-The table lock is a common rod that runs the width if the machine, and passes right in front of the extension table bolt and adjustment holes. Hopefully, this will only be a onetime annoyance.
- The bolt holes for attaching the dust chute are underneath the return material roller.
- No dust boots around the table adjusting screws. I think I will try using some foam pipe insulation. Most planing occurs in a small range, should be manageable. Also would have kept a lot off grease and crud off my hands when installing the extension tables.
Looks like 10 extra cutters and a couple of torx drivers for the future.
This machine is around 600 lbs. It rolls easily on the four wheels. The front 2 wheels have a lock if required.
I have no reason to think this machine will not perform exceptionally well for many years.
Don
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Finally this morning I couldn't let it sit any longer. I rounded up enough electrical, connected to shopvac, ClearVue mini cyclone and let her rip.
First pass good. 2nd pass good, 3rd pass no go. Now I pay the price for not following all of the setups. Before getting to carried away, I lowered the table, turn it on and notice the infeed roller wasn't moving. I reengaged the gearbox and way it went.
In the course of making 40 litres of chips, I fed through some hard maple, black walnut, lyptus, very knotty piece of pecan and a big knot I had cut out of a piece of Kentucky Coffeetree. None of them showed any tearout, chipping, unevenness, waves, or other surface defects I could attribute to the machine.
The Coffeetree was the test. This stuff is so prone to tear out and overheating. To have that bigass knot come through unscathed, both sides, both direction was incredible.
Then I put in a couple of pieces of 1 X 3 of 1st growth cedar. The first pass came out with what appear blade chatter. So did the second pass. By the 4th pass the surface was spotless. I had been taking such fine cuts, the shearing action was slicing right through the original milling marks!
Quiet and powerful.
Six rows of cutters is hard to understand until you toch them. The head is massive and is all cutters. Very impressive to look at. Very impressive to use.
Dislikes.
-The table lock is a common rod that runs the width if the machine, and passes right in front of the extension table bolt and adjustment holes. Hopefully, this will only be a onetime annoyance.
- The bolt holes for attaching the dust chute are underneath the return material roller.
- No dust boots around the table adjusting screws. I think I will try using some foam pipe insulation. Most planing occurs in a small range, should be manageable. Also would have kept a lot off grease and crud off my hands when installing the extension tables.
Looks like 10 extra cutters and a couple of torx drivers for the future.
This machine is around 600 lbs. It rolls easily on the four wheels. The front 2 wheels have a lock if required.
I have no reason to think this machine will not perform exceptionally well for many years.
Don
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it is the machine I was leaning towards too as I researched along with you ....
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