This is going to hurt: a thicknesser needs to be bought

[ToughButterCup]

What does it need to do?

It needs to process a few hundred bits of Larch cladding, and I suppose I'll be throwing some oak at it too.

And then it needs to be sold. Harsh I know, but that's life.

Budget £1000 ish.

 

Recommendations? 

 

(Don't tell @MrsRA but I suspect that I just may want to keep it though.  I can at least try)

[Construction Channel]

what are the max dimensions you will need to process?

[ToughButterCup]

Hmmm. What I need and what I'll want when I have used one for a while....

 

Length: 2m + 

Width: 360mm

Depth: 400 ish

 

[Construction Channel]

thats a biggen then

have you got 3 phase?

 

reducing the width to 300mm would open a lot more options, but if you want 360mm then we will start having to look at proper machines

[ToughButterCup]

No. 

Oh Gaud, nuff said Ed. 

Ian

[PeterW]

Second hand 3 phase Wadkin with a rotary inverter if you haven't got 3 phase at home. 

 

And don't try plugging it into an extension lead ...

[jack]

Larch has a high silica content and is apparently bloody hard on blades.  Budget to buy a very good quality blade (or to replace cheap ones).

[ProDave]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/wadkin-Thicknesser-/282160625212?hash=item41b215763c:g:9UIAAOSwMgdXyy82

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WADKIN-BAO-S-12-X-7-415-v-3PHASE-SURFACE-PLANER-THICKNESSER-/401175895151?hash=item5d67f25c6f:g:908AAOSwV0RXvKif

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wadkin-Bursgreen-Planer-Thicknesser-12-X-7-Ex-College-3-Phase-895-00-vat-/262606525719?hash=item3d24919517:g:OKUAAOSwGtRXydTW

 

 

this one is single phase http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Planer-thicknesser-/252527061087?hash=item3acbc9285f:g:BdEAAOSwdIFXzZGO

 

The seller of thios one will also be selling the phase converter http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sedgwick-10-Planer-Thicknesser-/322247159516?hash=item4b076d6edc:g:XoUAAOSw9NdXq1Di

[TerryE]

Whatever you get, just make sure that you can get compatible blades, cos an eBay item will prob have well worn ones. You will also need a workshop vac system; my little 150mm one generates enough waste.  God knows what a big jobbie will do!!

[ToughButterCup]

Very grateful for all the replies. 

Ian