SIP Planer-Thickenser info required

[gserghiou]

Hi all,

This is my first post on this forum and i hope to come back with more ...

Im in Cyprus and an amateur woodworker (very basic) and i would like to get hold of a planer-thickenser.

My budge is limited to around 200 UK Pounds!!!
Ive seen many on ebay etc and i would like some info about the quality of SIP planers-thickenser, as they dont seem that expensive. However i do not want to get a cheap-nasty tool that will make my life more difficult and not be able to striaghten a piece of wood.

So how would you rate Lower end SIP Tools !!! Is it worth getting one or better giving a bit extra money for something else.

Also im planing on gettign an table saw and sliding miter saw (SIP Again)

If you have any information i would be glad to hear !!!

Thanks,

George
(Cyprus)

 

[OPJ]

Hello George and welcome to the forum!

I have a £200 SIP 12" bandsaw and I'm very pleased with it. The most important part though, as with any tool, is to fit a decent blade or cutter in to it.

I know of people who are fairly pleased with their mitre saws as well. If it's a sliding one, make sure it slides on two rails instead of just one!

As for table saws, again, people seem to be very pleased with the larger £500-600 models. But, as with any brand, a smaller 10" saw with a value of around £200 is gonna be a waste of time.

Don't know much about their planer thicknessers, I'm afraid.

 

[gserghiou]

Hi OPJ,

as i mention before, am just an amateur. Actually i build some wooden (mahogany) spearguns for hobby with some very basic tools (a router, files, rasps, angle grinder+sanding discs) .

having our house build at the moment, and seing the 'low quality' job carpenters here in Cyprus do, i thought hey. i could do that...they just literally just screw the panels together making some chipboard or mdf cabinets.

so i made 2 of solid pine (got the wood place to cut the timber to the dimensions i wanted) and constructed myself two cabinets... they actually turned out to be just fine.

but i now see the need for something more and i could do with some power tools (so i dont rely on carpenters to do the jobs for me) and my budget is dictating that lower cost tools can only be obtained...

So ill hang out a bit more and maybe get the nudge and splash some money on the lower range of SIP tools.

Thanks for your help anyways,

George

 

[Ironballs]

I have a SIP 10" sliding mitre that is very good, though quite noisy due to the brush motor and I also have a SIP extractor that does the job. I believe the SIP P/T is similar to the Metabo and clones so should do a reasonable job

 

[Chems]

I guess you are referring to the 6x4 version and Id say it would do your job just fine. There is a nice little woodshop near me that only stocks SIP tools and I have a SIP Morticer and its really good for the money.

 

[gserghiou]

Hi All,

Please correct me if im wrong, but SIP tools are UK manufactured are they ???

im actually interested in getting a table saw, a sliding miter saw, perhaps a circular saw and also a planer (im interested in another brand of plaer-thickenser that is a more expensive one and hoping to get a good deal on ebay !!!)

but i think ill be 'investing' in SIP tools afterall !!!


George
P.S : Can you please tell me what legngth of wood would a 1 meter (infeed+outfeed = 1 meter) length planer plane ??? i mean, what is the theoretical maximum length of timber that the planer can straighten nicely ???

 

[Chems]

I doubt SIP are made in Britian to be honest.

As for the maximum length of the wood, if you use an infeed and outfeed rollers there really is no limit.