Froggy
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Happy new to you all. I have a friend who is about to buy a Tritan TPT125 planer/thicknesser, but before he does he would like a bit of a review from anyone who has, or has had, one please?
TPT125
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I have just bought one, but have very little experience with thicknessers, so take it for what its worth 
- Very Heavy!
- Despite being made of a lot of plastic, it's structurally sound and very rigid
- Not as loud as I thought it would be. Based on videos of the Dewalt "Screamer", it's a lot quieter
- The few cuts I have done on softwood(Pine) have come out beautiful.
- There is definately snipe on the first few inches and last few inches. I have tried to minimize it using some of the techniques I saw online, and have found the best way is to feed the board at a slight angle, at least for short boards.
Mine arrived with a few of the kick back fingers bent and stuck in place. As it would be too much of a pain to send it back, I have kind of just lived with it.
- Very Heavy!
- Despite being made of a lot of plastic, it's structurally sound and very rigid
- Not as loud as I thought it would be. Based on videos of the Dewalt "Screamer", it's a lot quieter
- The few cuts I have done on softwood(Pine) have come out beautiful.
- There is definately snipe on the first few inches and last few inches. I have tried to minimize it using some of the techniques I saw online, and have found the best way is to feed the board at a slight angle, at least for short boards.
Mine arrived with a few of the kick back fingers bent and stuck in place. As it would be too much of a pain to send it back, I have kind of just lived with it.
Froggy
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Thanks for the feedback Transatlantic. I'll pass it on.
LancsRick
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I've got one, and I'm really pleased with it. Probably about 30mm of snipe on the boards, but an excellent finish otherwise. Height adjustment is easy and holds true during use.
