Hi all,
The latest WoodenBoat magazine has a review of "The Woodmaster" -
multifunctional woodworking machine. The guy says it milled out 80.75"
x 2.5" planks 12 to 18 feet long into eighty planks of T&G "milled to
perfection" in about 30 minutes including setup time.
Then they changes fixtures and ran the eithey pieces through the drum
sander..."....they were so smooth and clean looking that I accepted
the offer of a pair of powder-coated latex gloves.." to load them into
his truck.
You can mount mor ethan one circular saw blad and rip boards into
several widths in one pass. then put on the thickness planer
attachment and plane them down (variable speed feed motor giving 1000
cuts per inch, 3 knife cutter head, "..precision elevation control
allows the tiniest adjustment for thickness..."
Mouldings, T&G? Get the custom knife holder.
get the router attachment and the ripped planks can then have a bevel
routed on them (or a rabbet etc.) as the rip saw is sawing them out.
There is a 12.5" version (5 hp motor), and 18" version (?hp) and a 25"
model (7hp motor). $1,195 $1,595, $2,398 respectively.
Of course all those fixtures are going to cost more.
But if this thign can do what the author claims and does it well, you
save some money on tools, perhaps;. it won't replace a table saw,
though it cna do a lot of the work of a table saw
Anyone seen one of these? played with one? Read other reviews?
thanks
--- Gregg
My woodworking projects:
Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:
http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html
Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:
http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm
Steambending FAQ with photos:
http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm
"Improvise, adapt, overcome."
[email protected]
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Phone: (617) 496-1558
Gregg
I have the 18in Woodmaster, and it WILL do everything they say it
will, just take the change over times between functions with a big
grain of salt.
And it can give you much better results planing if you turn the feed
rate way down slow for the last pass thru the planer
And yes, with all the fittings for all the functions it can be
expehsive
Bottom line, I really like mine and would go this route again if I had
to do so.
John
On 20 Feb 2004 10:07:46 -0500, Gregg Germain
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>The latest WoodenBoat magazine has a review of "The Woodmaster" -
>multifunctional woodworking machine. The guy says it milled out 80.75"
>x 2.5" planks 12 to 18 feet long into eighty planks of T&G "milled to
>perfection" in about 30 minutes including setup time.
>
>Then they changes fixtures and ran the eithey pieces through the drum
>sander..."....they were so smooth and clean looking that I accepted
>the offer of a pair of powder-coated latex gloves.." to load them into
>his truck.
>
>You can mount mor ethan one circular saw blad and rip boards into
>several widths in one pass. then put on the thickness planer
>attachment and plane them down (variable speed feed motor giving 1000
>cuts per inch, 3 knife cutter head, "..precision elevation control
>allows the tiniest adjustment for thickness..."
>
>Mouldings, T&G? Get the custom knife holder.
>
>get the router attachment and the ripped planks can then have a bevel
>routed on them (or a rabbet etc.) as the rip saw is sawing them out.
>
>There is a 12.5" version (5 hp motor), and 18" version (?hp) and a 25"
>model (7hp motor). $1,195 $1,595, $2,398 respectively.
>
>Of course all those fixtures are going to cost more.
>
> But if this thign can do what the author claims and does it well, you
> save some money on tools, perhaps;. it won't replace a table saw,
> though it cna do a lot of the work of a table saw
>
>Anyone seen one of these? played with one? Read other reviews?
>
>thanks
>
>--- Gregg
>
>My woodworking projects:
>
>
>Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html
>
>Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm
>
>Steambending FAQ with photos:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm
>
>
> "Improvise, adapt, overcome."
>[email protected]
>Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
>Phone: (617) 496-1558
>
by email only:
>Hi all,
>
>The latest WoodenBoat magazine has a review of "The Woodmaster" -
>multifunctional woodworking machine. The guy says it milled out 80.75"
>x 2.5" planks 12 to 18 feet long into eighty planks of T&G "milled to
>perfection" in about 30 minutes including setup time.
>
>Then they changes fixtures and ran the eithey pieces through the drum
>sander..."....they were so smooth and clean looking that I accepted
>the offer of a pair of powder-coated latex gloves.." to load them into
>his truck.
>
>You can mount mor ethan one circular saw blad and rip boards into
>several widths in one pass. then put on the thickness planer
>attachment and plane them down (variable speed feed motor giving 1000
>cuts per inch, 3 knife cutter head, "..precision elevation control
>allows the tiniest adjustment for thickness..."
>
>Mouldings, T&G? Get the custom knife holder.
>
>get the router attachment and the ripped planks can then have a bevel
>routed on them (or a rabbet etc.) as the rip saw is sawing them out.
>
>There is a 12.5" version (5 hp motor), and 18" version (?hp) and a 25"
>model (7hp motor). $1,195 $1,595, $2,398 respectively.
>
>Of course all those fixtures are going to cost more.
>
> But if this thign can do what the author claims and does it well, you
> save some money on tools, perhaps;. it won't replace a table saw,
> though it cna do a lot of the work of a table saw
>
>Anyone seen one of these? played with one? Read other reviews?
>
>thanks
>
>--- Gregg
>
>My woodworking projects:
>
>
>Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html
>
>Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm
>
>Steambending FAQ with photos:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm
>
>
> "Improvise, adapt, overcome."
>[email protected]
>Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
>Phone: (617) 496-1558
>
Gregg, for boatbuilding I don't see the use or need for such a
machine.
I know I know, multi purpose machines are in the spot light again.
Seem like every so often they, the whole mult idea, rises to the top
of the interest pile but soon sinks down yet again.
jes' my .02 cents worth here.
Be Well
dave
Tales of a Boatbuilder Apprentice
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/djf3rd/