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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #17 - Jul 20^th, 2004, 11:08pm Always seems to come down to accomodating the hamsters, dunnit!! I like the curly wurlies tbh... I collect them all in bags and my kids take them to school for the young un's to do their arty stuff with Mike.
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Reply #18 - Jul 20^th, 2004, 11:08pm

They'll remove a lot of wood in a short time Doc.
I wouldn't use one for getting something dead straight but for scribing face frames to a wall you can't beat them. Same with planing a door to fit.
My jointer was the Nutool one from B&Q (�129)
The bed isn't very long so it's only used for jointing fairly short pieces. 3' is the longest timber I've used on it. When I first used it I thought my technique was wrong as I had snipe on every piece I planed. I soon found that the blades werent level with the outfield table, they were slightly above. 30 mins looking at the manual then adjusting the blades was well worth it. Nice straight cuts now. Replacement blades arent much either, �10 direct from Nutool or �12 from MSCtools.

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Reply #19 - Jul 20^th, 2004, 11:18pm

Thanks for replies BigYin and Dewy.. must admit I did seriously consider getting one of the pro-Bosch planers (�160) but thought better of it and got the Rexon jointer instead, which is one of the best investments I've made to date, and like yourself Dewy, I went thru the manual and checked the set-up which I'm happy to say was spot-on apart from the positive lock for 90 degs being slightly out - easily fixed.

After declaring myself bankrupt and persuading "She Who Knows Best- ALWAYS" that it would pay for itself in "no time Cheesy

" I sharpened my hand plane lol!

Mike.

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Raptor GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #20 - Jul 20^th, 2004, 11:36pm I was in B&Q last week and they had the Nu tool jointer on at half price �65,was tempted .
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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #21 - Jul 20^th, 2004, 11:51pm �65 for a jointer! Probably a 4" model, but even so, with a bit of tlc on the set up side sounds a bargain! Go for it! Mike.
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Dewy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #22 - Jul 21^st, 2004, 12:17am NuTool only make a 6" jointer & B&Q only sell them in the B&Q warehouses not the smaller shops.
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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #23 - Jul 21^st, 2004, 12:23am Sounds an even better deal!
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Reply #24 - Jul 21^st, 2004, 2:31am

Something that I like about the Rexon 4" jointer is the blade guard. It's the American style of sprung cam that automatically holds the wood to the fence unlike all the others that you have to slide across the blades to leave the smallest gap between the wood & guard then lock in place. I mentioned about it in Machine Mart a couple of years ago when I saw the Rexon 6" jointer there. The assistant tried to tell me that those cam guards are illegal here.

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jasonB GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #25 - Jul 21^st, 2004, 2:45pm To post photos I use www.photobucket.com Just upload your pics, it will resize them if too big, then click on the url that comes up under the picture, right click and copy then past it into your message and it comes up like this http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/jasonballamy/pittplace/ppg09.jpg Jason
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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #26 - Jul 22^nd, 2004, 12:12am Thank you Jason for the information, I'll certainly check out the site. PS Seen your pictures on there a while back - nice work, you should be proud. Dewy, I'm puzzled as to why the camlock type of guard would be deemed illegal over here, did the MachineMart person give you any more info? Just curious.... Mike.
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Dewy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #27 - Jul 22^nd, 2004, 2:13am I have no idea Doc. I know which one I would prefer to use. The sprung cam type guard as it holds the work against the fence while covering the knives so if you accidently slip your fingers wont hit the knives.
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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #28 - Jul 22^nd, 2004, 10:59pm Have to agree with you Dewy, I'd have preferred the spring loaded cam-type guard as well... it did however come supplied with two decent pushblocks made from tough acrylic and that rubber stuff used for non-slip matting on the bottom. Mike.
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Dewy GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #29 - Jul 22^nd, 2004, 11:18pm When that non slip matting 1st came out it was sold to hold wood for a router or planer and was more expensive. Once it was realised how good it could be for car boots etc. it became more widely availible and the price dropped. Wilkinsons sell it for a fiver now.
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Doc Junior Member Offline This would be a great job if ..... Posts: 145 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Re: Planer / thicknesser Reply #30 - Jul 22^nd, 2004, 11:34pm Yup, tis excellent stuff for lining car boots - haven't got round to doing mine yet, Volvo 740 Estate, will need quite a bit lol! Mike.
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