Hi folks
i am about to make my biggest purchase and while I think I have made up my mind, I would be interested to hear your views, especially from people who either own or have used either the Laguna 14 SUV or the Hammer N3800. The guys at Laguna gave me a fantastic demo at the Canberra wood show. I had a length of Purple Heart about 1100 long, 200 wide and 25 mm thick. I got them to cut it down the middle ie 2 pieces each approx 11 to 12 mm thick. It had a re saw king blade and I thought it did a fantastic job. I ended up needing just 2 passes under my mates thicknesser (with a spiral cutter) with each cut being around .5 mm and I had 2 lengths of timber ready for box making.
I prefer the SUV over the 14/12 for a number of reasons - larger motor and wheels being the main ones. The demo machine had the drift master fence which I know add quite a few $$$ to the purchase. The other big plus for me on the laguna was the fact that it comes standard with ceramic guides. Price wise I think there is not a lot of difference between the Hammer and the Laguna although I know the re saw king blade isn't cheap.
both are big enough to handle what I want which is mainly for box making, smaller furniture items like coffee tables etc, although I have promised my lady to build a new bed head. I think 300mm is about the widest cut I will need to make. I also want something that does a good job on veneers between around 1 and 4 mm thick. The Laguna certainly did an amazing job as far as that goes.
With shipping from Brisbane the Laguna will cost me roughly $3,000 with the re saw king blade and the drift master fence. But I know the machine can do everything I want/need it it do. I guess my obvious question is can the Hammer do it better and cheaper? What experience have members had with how easy they are to set up and maintain? Are there any design flaws which people have found which result in the need for regular adjustment etc.
i am about to make my biggest purchase and while I think I have made up my mind, I would be interested to hear your views, especially from people who either own or have used either the Laguna 14 SUV or the Hammer N3800. The guys at Laguna gave me a fantastic demo at the Canberra wood show. I had a length of Purple Heart about 1100 long, 200 wide and 25 mm thick. I got them to cut it down the middle ie 2 pieces each approx 11 to 12 mm thick. It had a re saw king blade and I thought it did a fantastic job. I ended up needing just 2 passes under my mates thicknesser (with a spiral cutter) with each cut being around .5 mm and I had 2 lengths of timber ready for box making.
I prefer the SUV over the 14/12 for a number of reasons - larger motor and wheels being the main ones. The demo machine had the drift master fence which I know add quite a few $$$ to the purchase. The other big plus for me on the laguna was the fact that it comes standard with ceramic guides. Price wise I think there is not a lot of difference between the Hammer and the Laguna although I know the re saw king blade isn't cheap.
both are big enough to handle what I want which is mainly for box making, smaller furniture items like coffee tables etc, although I have promised my lady to build a new bed head. I think 300mm is about the widest cut I will need to make. I also want something that does a good job on veneers between around 1 and 4 mm thick. The Laguna certainly did an amazing job as far as that goes.
With shipping from Brisbane the Laguna will cost me roughly $3,000 with the re saw king blade and the drift master fence. But I know the machine can do everything I want/need it it do. I guess my obvious question is can the Hammer do it better and cheaper? What experience have members had with how easy they are to set up and maintain? Are there any design flaws which people have found which result in the need for regular adjustment etc.
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