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Hare and Forbes T-13S Thicknesser

Post by Bob Connor » Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:20 am

Hare and Forbes have a sale on this weekend so I thought it opportune to throw up some pics of what the T-13S Thicknesser can do. If you sign up for their newsletter you can get $50 off so this ended up costing roughly $630 plus $25 delivery to Geelong.

It's got a helical cutter head that has 26 HSS inserts but can also be fitted with Carbide inserts for around $90 per 10.
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I got this earlier in the week. Rod Octigan also bought one so I'd be interested to see how he's faring with it.

I ran a piece of Celery top through first just to get a feel for the machine. No figure in this so it went through as you'd expect.
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Next I tried some highly figured Blackwood. The first time I ran it through their was some chip out but I found if you run it through taking only a minimum off each time that it doesn't chip out even highly figured stuff like this.
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Very impressed with the new piece of kit. :cl
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Post by kiwigeo » Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:27 pm

Go on...stick a Master Grade spruce top through the thing....I dare ya!! :mrgreen:
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Post by ozziebluesman » Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:44 am

Gday Bob,
Very good results from a reasonably priced shop machine.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by demonx » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:21 pm

looks like you did well with that purchase.

Spiral cutters really do make a massive difference. Also much, much quieter as well.

Still will get a bit of tear out but not as much. Certainly no replacement for a drum sander, but I am very glad I upgraded my jointer to the spiral heads.

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Post by Kamusur » Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:06 pm

Stuff the Hare n Forbes i want the piece of Blackwood :D

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Post by rocket » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:45 am

I don't have any pics of ridiculously figured Blackwood but i can say that I'm very impressed with the machine, value for money is exceptional.
I put some 10x2s of Blackwood and Chinese elm through and both came out very nicely dressed/accurately uniform, didn't slow or strain with these hard timbers at all, quite surprised at the speed the timbers fed in.
Time will tell ,as with any purchase, but I'm happy at the moment!

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Post by Crafty Fox » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:34 am

Kamusur wrote:Stuff the Hare n Forbes i want the piece of Blackwood :D

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Nah, buy the machine; you feed celery top pine into it and out comes the beautiful figured blackwood! :o
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Post by kiwigeo » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:24 pm

Crafty Fox wrote:
Kamusur wrote:Stuff the Hare n Forbes i want the piece of Blackwood :D

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Nah, buy the machine; you feed celery top pine into it and out comes the beautiful figured blackwood! :o
Would it turn mouldy Kermode spruce into beautiful clean Lutz spruce???
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Post by Nick » Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:08 am

kiwigeo wrote:Would it turn mouldy Kermode spruce into beautiful clean Lutz spruce???
You haven't still got that stuff have you? I thought it would have become kindling ages ago! :shock:
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Post by routout » Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:00 am

Well after your review they had another sale with a few buck tacked on what the hey I grabbed one :lol: this I am sure will make my life a little easier I like the Helical ,now I need to make another dang stand.John.
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Re: Hare and Forbes T-13S Thicknesser

Post by Lex » Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:02 pm

Nick wrote:
kiwigeo wrote:Would it turn mouldy Kermode spruce into beautiful clean Lutz spruce???
You haven't still got that stuff have you? I thought it would have become kindling ages ago! :shock:

Don't think that stuff would burn Nick, Too much mold.

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