52", 192HP, Two Sided Planer in Zebulon at Oak City Customs

[Tarhead]

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Possibly the largest of its kind on the entire East Coast, our newest toy is officially up & running!

Introducing our NorthTech Machine Double-Sided Planer!
With 192 horsepower, this machine will surface both sides of 52” wide material in a single pass

 

[HMH]

WOW!!!!! I'll bet the breeze coming off of that cutterhead at full speed is a bit intimidating. 192 HP!!!!!!

 

[ssmith]

That's incredible. And I thought I had a chip collection problem using my Dewalt 735!

 

[Rjgooden]

I wonder if they will run slabs for customers. Be worth the drive

 

[Gotcha6]

I wonder if they will run slabs for customers. Be worth the drive

You would probably have to sign a liability assumption if there is metal in the wood.
Is this a spiral cutter head (a.k.a. Shelix)?

 

[Rjgooden]

Be worth it. I’ve got six 40 inch wide walnut slabs about ten foot long that I was not looking forward to trying to flatten.

 

[ptt49er]

I wonder if they will run slabs for customers. Be worth the drive

I think their post said $150/hr. Mark got it below. I knew I saw something on their post...lol

 

[Tarhead]

I wonder if they will run slabs for customers. Be worth the drive

Yes. They charge $1.50/SQFT

There are other wide board services(Planing, sanding, CNC, etc) around the state available here: https://ncwoodworker.net/forums/index.php?resources/master-nc-woodworker-wide-board-services.551/

 

[Martin Roper]

Daaaaaang.

 

[drw]

$1.50/sqft...I think that is a very reasonable price. Over the years I have had several projects that would have benefited from this service.

 

[Echd]

Yeah, that seems reasonable for the sort of projects that might need such a beast.

 

[Oka]

This is Exactly what I need to plane down those thin redwood trim pieces............

192 hp ought to do the trick for sure !

 

[Roy G]

More horsepower than my pickup. Astounding.

Roy G

 

[junquecol]

Remember, it's two sided, so no need to joint one face first. Last planer that I saw in that size range was a 60" Powermatic when I worked one summer at Koppers in Morrisville. They made laminated trusses. Use gantry cranes to get them to and thru planer. For sanding, we used floor sanders Trusses were up on steel saw horses, and gantry crane was use to lift sander up on truss , along with operator (me.)

 

[JNCarr]

Wow! Very reasonable charge, for sure.
At 12 cents /kWhr it cost them over $17/hr to run that monster - good thing most jobs probably take only seconds.

 

[Tarhead]

More horsepower than my pickup. Astounding.

Roy G

We had a 40hp 1963 VW bug when stationed in Germany. This is a
lmost 5 of them!