Which Planer/ Thicknesser £650-£1000 mark (ish)

[goldeneyedmonkey]

Hello all, I know it's probably been done to death, but I find the new search facility tricky to find anything, to say the least.

So I'm currently considering the Scheppach HMS2600ci. As I do like Scheppach equipment, and I've heard good things. These can be had for £840 new. I've seen them go for much less on Ebay, but there haven't been any on for a while. (just had a look, and there's the older model in an auction now, will keep watching that.) But the question still stands, what would you go for in this price bracket? Are there better options.

Cheers_Dan.

 

[Shane]

I have the Axi aw128pt

at the mo it comes with a spare set of knives worth £45 as well...

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

I have the Axi aw128pt

at the mo it comes with a spare set of knives worth £45 as well...

...do the planing tables go back to perfectly flat/ true, or do you have to muck about with them at all?

Cheers_Dan.

 

[Shane]

I've never had to touch the table adjustments, was smack on straight out the crate and it's been fine since.

Only downside is the time it takes to flip the tables up and down, it is fairly quick but I'm impatient :lol:

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

The model Shane has posted is the one i would recommend, i have its little brother, the AW106 and its a great piece of kit for £700. It was bang on out of the box and i too have never touched any of the adjustments. It was the first machine i brought from Axi so i didn't 100% trust spending the extra £300 for the bigger one. Wish i had now though.

 

[mtr1]

This is just my opinion, but I would be trying to figure out ways of getting old cast iron, preferably 240v , if not 3phase inverter to run somthing like this. If you spend a bit extra on this, you will wonder why you even considered the Scheppach or any of the new sub 1k P/Ts, as I said this is just my opinion.

 

[The Bear]

If you have the space, someone was selling a Jet60a on here a few weeks ago for about £450. Add a seperate thicknesser and you'll have a great combo.

Mark

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

Cheers all, I have been looking at the older Sedgewick & Wadkin Burgsens etc. But they are few and far between, the one's that have been refurbished well usually go for the £1500 mark. I've used plenty of older Cast Iron monsters like these, and yes they are great. But unless they're in tiptop order then I don't wanna go there. Because I'm not the best at fettling machinery (although I have got a bit better recently) If I bought an older one and it started playing up I wouldn't know where to start.

The Jet planer would have been nice, but it's been withdrawn.

Cheers_Dan.

 

[OPJ]

As an owner of the AW106PT, I think it makes sense for you to go for a 12x8in machine, given your budget. The one thing I really don't like about the 10x7in model is that the dust extraction really is pants, when planing and particularly while thicknessing. You'll still end up with piles of shavings all over the floor, even with a 2HP extractor. Saying that, I've no idea whether the newer, large model has the same problem?

You should be able to get a bargain surface planer off eBay for less than £400 (plus courier/delivery) - I've watched some single phase cast iron stuff over the last few months; averaging 10in wide and up to 6ft in length. They've all looked to be in a reasonable condition, too.

Trouble is, you may not find a cast iron thicknesser so easily... All the Wadkin and real industrial three phase thicknessers tend to go for £3,000 or more. Occasionally, you'll get lucky and spot a single phase Multico but, there just aren't ever that many around. The other option would be to buy an induction-motored planer/thicknesser and use that as a stand-alone thicknesser. Unless, of course, you like the portable, universal brush-motored, noisy site tool thicknessers.... ;?

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

As an owner of the AW106PT, I think it makes sense for you to go for a 12x8in machine, given your budget. The one thing I really don't like about the 10x7in model is that the dust extraction really is pants, when planing and particularly while thicknessing. You'll still end up with piles of shavings all over the floor, even with a 2HP extractor. Saying that, I've no idea whether the newer, large model has the same problem?

Mine extracts fines, very little ends up on the floor. It clogs up fast if i forget to open the blast gate

Mine is the AW106PT2 though which has the cast iron bed and fence!

 

[Guggs]

What ever you do avoid Felder ! Over priced ,crap finish . No adjustment on outfeed table .Very poor !

 

[mtr1]

What ever you do avoid Felder ! Over priced ,rubbish finish . No adjustment on outfeed table .Very poor !

I'm beginning to think you don't like your felder purchases Guggs?

 

[munkypuzel]

Hi, my two pennys worth..

I had used a Sedgwick PT255 at a friends workshop a few times and i absolutely loved it but though it was a little bit 'high end' for my light hobby use so i..
bought a Scheppach hms260 off of ebay with the steel tables.. put new blades in, cleaned the rubber rollers, generally cleaned up and had it working like a dream. A great machine and very very popular on ebay, you have to fight over them for some reason. 6-8 year old ones make nearly as much as the secondhand current 2600ci models!!

Anyway, the quality and feel niggled me and i couldnt get the sedgwick out of my head,so i sold the Scheppach and purchased a secondhand PT255. I am in love with the Sedgwick, especially the simplicity and quality of every nut, bolt and thread. I can see myself keeping this machine forever and never having to replace it, and if any kind of adjustment or fix is needed, it could not be simpler.

I dont work for Sedgwick, i promise!! just really like it. btw i paid £700 for it and it is a 10 year old, but i believe it is identical to current model.

 

[Aled Dafis]

Hi, my two pennys worth..

I had used a Sedgwick PT255 at a friends workshop a few times and i absolutely loved it but though it was a little bit 'high end' for my light hobby use so i..
bought a Scheppach hms260 off of ebay with the steel tables.. put new blades in, cleaned the rubber rollers, generally cleaned up and had it working like a dream. A great machine and very very popular on ebay, you have to fight over them for some reason. 6-8 year old ones make nearly as much as the secondhand current 2600ci models!!

Anyway, the quality and feel niggled me and i couldnt get the sedgwick out of my head,so i sold the Scheppach and purchased a secondhand PT255. I am in love with the Sedgwick, especially the simplicity and quality of every nut, bolt and thread. I can see myself keeping this machine forever and never having to replace it, and if any kind of adjustment or fix is needed, it could not be simpler.

I dont work for Sedgwick, i promise!! just really like it. btw i paid £700 for it and it is a 10 year old, but i believe it is identical to current model.

I concur! I use a Sedgewick at school, and it's an awesome machine, pure quality British engineering. If there's a machine you should blow your budget on, this is definatey it.

 

[Guggs]

Hi, my two pennys worth..

I had used a Sedgwick PT255 at a friends workshop a few times and i absolutely loved it but though it was a little bit 'high end' for my light hobby use so i..
bought a Scheppach hms260 off of ebay with the steel tables.. put new blades in, cleaned the rubber rollers, generally cleaned up and had it working like a dream. A great machine and very very popular on ebay, you have to fight over them for some reason. 6-8 year old ones make nearly as much as the secondhand current 2600ci models!!

Anyway, the quality and feel niggled me and i couldnt get the sedgwick out of my head,so i sold the Scheppach and purchased a secondhand PT255. I am in love with the Sedgwick, especially the simplicity and quality of every nut, bolt and thread. I can see myself keeping this machine forever and never having to replace it, and if any kind of adjustment or fix is needed, it could not be simpler.

I dont work for Sedgwick, i promise!! just really like it. btw i paid £700 for it and it is a 10 year old, but i believe it is identical to current model.

I concur! I use a Sedgewick at school, and it's an awesome machine, pure quality British engineering. If there's a machine you should blow your budget on, this is definatey it.

Well said !! =D> =D>
There are an awful lot of machine manufacturers who have tried to re-invent the 'wheel' and have failed ! Solid British machines will out last and out perform and 99 times out of 100 if they go wrong they wont cost you and arm and a leg to repair either !
:tongue9:

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

The only Sedgwick's that are about at the moment are all going for £1500. I can't really push to that. (Well we'll see) I'm hoping that some woodworkers have got P/T as Christmas presents, I know it's a long shot. I could really do with a P/T asap. But I can probably wait till the right on comes up on FleaBay. When does V.A.T go up?

edit: 4th Jan is the V.A.T increase.

Cheers_Dan.