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charliethechippy

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Hi folks . just joined ..
i am a carpenter and joiner of 35 years and looking at buying a multico TM1 or 3 . does any one have any advice on this matter as it would be greatly appreciated ,
 
Hi Charlie
The TM 3 is a great machine for a one man shop. You need to ensure that its fitted with limited projection tooling since this will add £400 approx to the cost. DC braking is not normally needed since the machine stops within the required time
 
Nice machines, especially with the Whitehill blocks that allows for scribing.
Some have been fuddled with and taken apart and often the table is misaligned with the cutters creating tenons that are not square and true. This isn’t really a problem the bearing rollers on the table are mounted on blocks that will have been put in the wrong place. The bearings are not mounted on eccentric cams so you just have to logically rearrange the blocks until it’s correct. A bit of faff, but it often means you can get a machine for a good price that has a ‘problem’.

Chip extraction is fairly good with the standard chute.

The only downside is that both heads can’t be moved together like the Sedgwick Tenoner. Not a big problem if your the only user as you soon get used to setting it.

All very easy to strip down and clean up. Bearings are standard and cheap.

If your making doors a three headed Tenoner is a better choice and the Sedgwick isn’t that much bigger foot print, but at l ast double the price of the Multico secondhand.
 
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