planer thicknesser or a planer and a seperate thicknesser?

[Glenbirnie]

Would a seperate thicknesser and a seperate planer be better than a combo.

Im mainly cleaning up reclaimed timber a lot of which was often originally dressed. I might therefore get away with a thicknesser only and can buy a planer

Thanks

 

[virgilns]

If the timer is pretty rough then you might have problems with the thicknesser gripping the board properly and consistently for a good finish. it's also likely to rock throught the tool hence you'd normally plane one side and then you've got a flat side to work off.

like anything, combo machine is a compromise...but the biggest issue is just the pain of flipping between planing and thicknessing modes...

run it all through the planer part first though, then trim on a saw, plane second edge and then thickness...

if you've not go tones of space a combi is a good way forward...

 

[Norcon]

A combination machine trains you to work in batches so it can be efficient despite changing over from one function to the other.