I have one also and am very pleased with it - and I've just noticed
it's £20 less than I paid for it about 6 months ago !!!!
It's not had a lot of use yet, the noise level is not as bad as a lot of
other reviews gave it, it's reasonably portable from one bench to
another. I've read other users moaning about moving the dust
collection system from planer to thicknesser, but, quite honestly,
it's not worth considering, taking the price into consideration. I've
also read moans that the fence is not particularly stable....well, I guess
that is a matter of how hard you want to work the machine, but
strengthening or replacing the fence with a substantial mdf or ply
or whatever home-built jobbie would be pretty simple.
I ensure that I don't take too much wood each pass and the finish,
so far' is very impressive.
For 'un-flat' pieces, I just stick them to a piece of mdf with double
sided stickers until the surface is flat, and then just turn them over
and start again.
Altogether...am I well pleased with it? - Absolutely
Would I recommend it? - Absolutely
Have a good day - regards - Jim
