Philly's New Toy?

[Anonymous]

So come on then Philly. Give us the details of the new toy...which one I hear you say...the one which took 4 people to carry in to your workshop.

I thought I'd got a good thicknesser having just bought the makita but oh no, you had to belittle me.

Dave

 

[Philly]

Dave, the new beastie is a Delta X5 22-785x. It is a 15 inch thicknesser, three knife cutterhead complete with big infeed/outfeed roller tables. Weighs about 11 ton (well, it felt like it!! :roll: ) 3 Horsepower (so needs 30 amps on start-up and needs a 5 inch hose dust extractor. So that turned up from Axminster this morning :lol: Leaves a beautiful finish (don't they all with new blades??) but will take off huges chunks off timber. I like it (although the neighbours are'nt too sure yet :twisted: )
Came with the Delta mobile base (really necessary!!) and also has two feed speeds for fine/roughing cuts.
Have only run a few (big) boards through it so far but am very happy. Zero snipe thanks to the big tables. And a warm feeling inside as I follow in Norm's footsteps :norm:
I'll post some pics soon.
Philly

 

[mailee]

PHILLY! :shock: That is some thicknesser you have got there. Any chance of some pics once you have got it installed? I am so green with envy :mrgreen:

 

[Philly]

Pics? Oh, alright. As you asked..... :lol:
Here she is...

I moved my jointer away from the wall and swapped in the planer.....

The motor is 3hp and is somewhat large :lol: The rise/fall handle is superb. Real locomotive stuff...

And a final shot showing the shop as you look in thru the door. The bandsaw lives behind the planer but there is still 2 meters infeed AND outfeed without moving anything. Good enough for anything I'll build

Enjoy the pics
Philly

 

[Anonymous]

Nice piece of kit that :shock:

So, does it thickness all woods without problems then? :wink: :lol:

Cheers

JealousTony

 

[Nick W]

Is that the beginnings of a cyclone I see in the background?

 

[Scrit]

My, my, what sweet, dinky little machines! :wink:

Scrit

 

[Barry Burgess]

Philly and you bought a new extractor - I did not think your existing one would have coped.
Barry

 

[Chris Knight]

Don't you require a decent sized planer to match that thing - instead of that dinky toy you have at the moment? :lol:

 

[Philly]

Ahh, nice to see you lot still have your sense of humour intact :lol:
Tony-it doesn't like timber that is 16+ inches wide.....
NickW-Maybe.....maybe :wink:
Scrit-these little hobby machines are soooo cute :lol:
Barry-Yup, my existing extractor didn't have enough puff. This one does
Chris-Well I have to justify the modest hand plane collection somehow :wink:
Cheers
Philly :norm:

 

[LyNx]

nice one mate. Bet it could still give a better finish than most "bigger" machines.

No pics of the extractor then??

 

[Barry Burgess]

nice one mate. Bet it could still give a better finish than most "bigger" machines.

No pics of the extractor then??

You have to be eagle eyed. its there Andy

 

[LyNx]

ahh, i missed that one. I did expect a bigger unit really :lol: :lol:

How does that one "perform" again the record unit

 

[Scrit]

nice one mate. Bet it could still give a better finish than most "bigger" machines.

Depends on how many cutters it has and what the diameter of the cutter block is - bigger cutter block = shallower "scallop" and therefore better quality of cut...... Modern (i.e. 70s onwards) big machines are really very good with 3- or 4-knife blocks. Felder now do a 6-cutter block on some of their industrial machines and the surface quality is superb. Only wish I could afford one!

Scrit

 

[Philly]

The dust extractor is this one. A LOT of machine for the cash. Obviously it is a chip extractor but it moves a serious amount of air. It seems to be the same(ish) machine as Axminsters. which means I can fit this at some future stage.
Young Sophie loves playing with my other 4 inch extractor, running around sucking up anything she can find on the floor. This new one had her running from the workshop :twisted: It moves a LOT of air through the 5 inch pipe-it handles the new planer with no problems. And the Delta makes a lot of shavings, as Tony and Bean can attest :wink:
The cyclone-well, all this talk has got me interested. A gloat for the future maybe? :wink:
Cheers
Philly

 

[Anonymous]

Cheers for the info and photos Philly. Your new workshop looks like it's getting a little too small for you already. 30 amps at startup is a heck of a lot. Do the lights down the street go dim when you enter the workshop? You'll be needing the three phase power soon.

Dave

 

[Philly]

Dave
When the sparky was fitting the power for me we tested the tablesaw (with similar 3 hp motor) and it kept tripping the 16 circuit breaker. So he put it on a 30 (or 32) amp circuit breaker and that was the end of that. Don't think it draws that much, just at startup it can scare the breaker into tripping :lol:
Put a big plank of Pau Rosa through it last night-minimal tear out and zero snipe. I was impressed!
Cheers
Philly

 

[Barry Burgess]

Philly I would not try running the thicknesser, table saw and extractor at the same time!!!. I have got a fairly large cable running to my garage but I don't think it would cope?. My only high amperage is my 3HP cyclone motor all the rest run of a 13amp ring with no problem. How hot does the thicknesser cable get or is it just startup? The extension cable for the thicknesser should be over 2.5mm I think from my calculations on my 3HP motor.

 

[Barry Burgess]

I would hate to see all of those planes toasted
Barry

 

[Philly]

Fear not, Barry :wink:
I only use one machine at a time plus the dust extractor.I explained my needs to the sparky who did the install-he assured me I had lots spare. I'll keep my eye on it though.
Cheers
Philly