I found this review first and on your advice I watched the original review first and then came back to this one. After four year you still seem really pleased with your purchase. So with that in mind I’ve decided to get this. Although this is about the cheapest on the market, your straight talking and honesty has convinced me that you get quite a lot for you money. I have just subscribed and I’m looking forward to making my way through your video back catalogue. Cheers👍🏼

Hi, on the base of this and your previous review I bought one of these today. I have found it to be an excellent machine just what I needed. It seems that they have taken note of your comments as the feed paddles are now fitted with non slip rubber. All the best. jim

Hi Joe, your first vid reviewing this machine probably contributed to me purchasing one. Since then I've built a couple of workbenches and a couple of big hardwood windows for my house with it. It's been great! My blades do need changing now but otherwise I couldn't agree with you more.

hi joe your review was the reason i brought the titan its a excellent rewiew thanks for the money its brilliant ,yes its a pain to change from a jointer to a thicknesser . its 150 quid for fips sake I beefed the fence up by simply drilling and bolting some 6x1 oak scrap to fence worked a treat I am a 30 years carpenter who did his apprenticeship in a joinery firm. I brought this to potter about in my shed

I've just bought one on the strength of your review, and what a coincidence you've done a follow up, so we'll see how mine fairs up thanks fella 👍🙂

Hi Joe, it's been some time since I last posted a comment to you. Back then I was using my out building as a workshop and I was not able to continue due to my disability and the cold weather. Now I am using the box room in the house as a workshop and surprisingly it's working well. At present I am moving all my power tools including my mitre saw and table saw etc. At the present time I am waiting for some brushes for my evolution mitre saw as when I tried it for the last time in the cold the damp had effected the motor and the brushes burnt out. Anyway good to see you back on KZfaq and I will send you updates soon. All the best. DUNCAN

Thanks for your review; this sort of thing is massively helpful to a lot of people!

I bought mine following your review and I've not been disappointed it's a great bit of kit.

I bought this planer thicknesser after seeing the original review and it is still going strong. Great tool for the DIY enthusiast.

Just ordered mine today, getting it tomorrow. Thanks for the review, very pleased with what you said.

Yes I have been sitting on the fence and yes I did find this useful....watched ur original vid about 6 months ago and decided to leave it after I had some reservations about longevity....just rewatched original and was thinking how handy a follow up would be and there it was....I knew I should of subscribed first time round!....keep up the good work.

Great to have an update, especially after four year's use. Sounds like it owes you nothing after four years on the same blades! I've got plenty of top-end power tools, but for stuff I won't be using daily I've found Titan stuff is excellent value. I bought a Titan breaker for less than the hire cost of a Kango, and it has been excellent- noisy, and the motor cooling fan blows dust in your face, but it seems indestructable!

Yet again a great review and glad to hear it's still going strong . Cheers Tim from Wood 4 Nothing

I’ve just bought one without watching your videos - they’ve given me a whole load of confidence and I’m self assured that I bought the right machine. Thanks!

I took out the small black box and put the wires back together bypassing it. I'm just using mine as a planer now as I bought 13 inch delta thicknesser. Love your stuff and I just made a similar unit to the one you made for your table saw etc.

I looked at the Titan on the Screwfix site and it gets broadly good reviews but then I looked at the Triton Thicknesser and a number of reviewers said spend the extra money and get the Triton. However I want the planer/jointer facility as much as the Thicknesser aspect. There does seem to be a bit of "the luck of the draw" as you say with quality control on this tool but everybody who had a poor experience of the machine had no problems with Screwfix who behave very well. I will now look at your initial review: thank you for your work.

Well Joe ... l loved your dog mate. 👍🏼 Enjoyed watching. Well done you..

Good on yer, our kid. That's a really helpful review.

I was on the fence for buying one of these but you have now swayed me and I'm definitely buying one. Great job and Thx.

Had mine two years after watching you earlier vid, no complaints except the push block.

I bought this planer after your first review. Since then I have changed the fence but every thing else is fine, changed blades a couple of times but that’s it still working fine.

Had mine for about a year before it broke due to my own stupidity... sold it... then bought a new one and like you had it a long time now without changing blades and still works great.

Good honest follow up thanks for the update 👍👍

Mine just blew up, smoke everywhere. Other than that it is still work well. Had mine a good four years.

Just got one of these second hand in great nic! ...Your reviews have been very helpful.👍🏾

Thanks mate, I'm guna go for it an get one. I watched both videos and I'm sold. Thanks again mate.

Thanks, Joe

HI Joe, I got mine after I saw your last video on this planer. Most of the time I use pallet wood had a problem with a nail, blades change was not to bad.Thanks for your revue. ozzy.

Just about to grab one that's popped up on Facebook marketplace locally for 70 squids. Selling due to upgrade. As long as it works, it's a no brainer at that price.

Very helpful reviews about the machine. I was looking for my first thickneser, and now am sure what I want to buy. Thanks buddy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Stumbled on your original review and found useful and we'll presented subbed and found this 4 yr review . All in all great stuff and a new subscriber to boot. Cheers

I do love the Titan brand I have track saw, orbit sander, router, electric planer, small band saw even the pressure washer but I have found there are certain machines worth spending out on jointer planer which I have the Charnwood 10” and my table saw and band saw are Charnwood I think these machines are game changers and also very quiet if like me you have neighbours to consider, good video Joe 👍

Mine was spot on. The dust extraction was a big pain to me but the machine was square and done the job. I needed a bigger machine and bought a 15 year old dewalt in very good condition was a different machine. For the money the Titan is good. Great review again joe👍

I’ve had mine about 3 years brilliant machine worth every penny, and a couple of good videos you made mate, highly recommend

Hey Joe. A great follow-up video. My experience with the machine was much the same as yours - out the box it was fine mechanically and the tables/fences straight/flat to acceptable levels. The switch was a pain (but most UK tools are like that in some way) and switching between the two is a bit time consuming but my new planer is just the same. Unlike you the jointer was used the most. On stick material I joint on edge/face and then run stuff through the table saw mostly to final dimensions. What I would say is that in jointer mode the two tables together represent a quite short planing surface and this is a problem for lengths over (say) 1.5m if you've a twist or bow along most of the length. Eventually I've switched the Metabo HC260 and the Tital found a new home with a friend who is absolutely delighted. That said for the money it's a great and I've recommended it a few times to people and they've been mostly delighted - one had a misaligned machine but screwfix provided a new one same-day and he's happy enough.

looks a brilliant little bit of kit I'm convinced.

I am looking at buying a thicknesser. Lunchbox type so hopefully you will get a video up once you decide. I am considering the Triton. Otherwise price jumps up big time.

thanks for the follow up might actually get one now

I just bought mine yesterday, based on your first review. It's great to hear that you still like it. I agree that the new Push Blocks have a hard rubber on the base but it needs rubbing with some sandpaper to remove the glossy finish, to make it more tactile. Thanks again! Oh, BTW, I also bought the Lumberjack BDE1200 Dust Extractor. I hope they go well together.

Good review, I agree with most of what you say. The jointer on mine is crap and the infeed table has snapped off - never used it anyway. The thicknesser is great and works very well still after 4 years and much use, but would recommend getting a spare set of blades to swap in and out. If you keep the spares always sharpened its a quick job to swap.

Thanks for the reviews, very useful and helpful.

I bought the Erbauer version of this - identical. So far fairly pleased with it although I hardly use the planer up top, and I removed the fence ages ago thought it was crap, and just clamp on a straight edge, does me. I`ll see how it goes....... Good vid.

Thank you . Good to hear your update and I must say it is impressing that haven't had any problem with your blades in 4 years. If you buy a cheap machine I guess you have to be prepared to accept some inconvenience of some bad design . I would probably also only use it as a planer . Thank again Joe.

I have had one of these originally marketed by axminster white at a cost of £230 back in 2008 still going strong and as done tons of work.The drive as been modified since my model so I cannot speak about how well it copes with heavy work as the main drive is now a plastic cog and a different gearing.

Yes Joe love mine to 4 years on 👍👍

Great video very professional, I’m gonna buy one 🙏

White spirit on the rollers, just put some on a bit of rag, make sure it's unplugged and wipe the roller clean, turn back on to move the roller to a new position and repeat.

Great follow up video Joe. My thoughts are very similar. But my usage is totally opposite to yours 🤣 I 99% of the time use it as a jointer. The main issue I g8t with it is just the fence. But I think is time that I make my own.

Great video just got 1 your video helped me set up thank you

I love mine. What’s not to like at that price. Thanks for the video, keep them coming.

It is a fab machine. When I bought it I knew nothing about planers, and couldn't work out why I kept getting a banana out of edges, so like Average Joe, I just used the thicknesser. It was over a year old before I figured out that I was one of the ones who had the in-feed table not parallel with the outfeed table. I rang Screwfix, but they don't really have engineers at hand to tell me how to take out the movement in the table (which is what was causing it). So I cut a wooden block, which I tap into place between the outfeed bar of the thicknesser and the underside of the infeed table. I am making a parallel jig out of hardwood and some pivots which will let me check the angles quicker, but really, for the money I have paid, with my block in place it works perfectly and it doesn't take me more than 30 seconds, so I'll live with it. It planes really quite big, long pieces perfectly. I only use pallet wood, and since I foolishly haven't yet invested in a metal detector, I go through blades like a mad thing. Now, I don't rate their blade fitting tool at all - I never got the blades into a perfect place with it. Ever. What I do is to take a 1 metre builder's straight edge (at a cost of about £6) and I lay it onto the outfeed table, covering the blades in the middle, while leaving the nuts at either end visible. I weight it down so it is flat. Then, I turn the blade roller so that it is at its highest point, which sets the blades (which are sprung from underneath) at the right height, and then tighten the outermost nuts. Remove the straight edge and tighten the inner nuts and it'll be set perfectly. Roll the blade roller over and repeat for the other blade. I do this so often that I have a jig for sharpening the blades. The bevel on the blades is about 42 degrees, so I have that angle cut into a small block. The blade goes into that slot and is held by screws on the outside. That lets me get the blade at the perfect angle to my vertical sander to take out the dents (! :)) ) and then when it is nearly right, I take it to my sharpening plates, starting off with 400, then to 1,000, and then onto a 1,600 stone. Remember to keep the back absolutely flat at all times, and put the blades back in the jig for the bevel side. The blades have enough space for ten or twelve sharpenings, but your angle is critical, so don't try to do it by eye!

Only just seen this vid. but I ordered one this morning. glad its still going well fro you :)

Just saw your older vid, but this catch up is great, I'm pretty much sure I'm going for this machine thanks to your reviews. I'd prefer a wider thicknesser [cutting boards, chess boards etc] But price and just entry level preparation of basic timber are my major concerns. As you say its V good value for money, I'm just about sold, Ta ! [Brummy here too btw]

Great vid mate, good content for us budget diyers

Bought the unit going from your first review, you are correct in what you say. Some people buy a Ford and compare to to a Mercedes. It is what it is no more no less. Does what it needs to do for the " average" woodworker. I use mine a lot yes I would like better, but at this cost point it cannot be beaten.

Excellently update thankyou.

Cheers Buddy I am in the market for one and have been looking for some time I will be only using it for small projects and Im thinking this is the one. Thanks again.

Just bought one of these, the push blocks definitely have a rubberised sole on mine,

Great video, especially after having it for a while - very tempted to get one now.

I’m definitely in the mind of getting one. I have a titon router and it’s been a superb machine through the years I’ve had it. Great video mate 👍🏼👍🏼

You can get spare blades at screwfix. They are same ones as for erbauerPB02.

cheers im gonna be looking for one soon and this helps

I like to see how you clean the rollers, have you done it yet? Great video. Thanks.

Im gettin one of these at the weekend. Hope i get 4 years out of mine lol cheers dude

That's a handy piece of kit!

Like your reviews good and honest. My question is how noisy is this machine, don't want to upset the neighbors.

Good fair and honest review, mate👍 4 years is pretty decent for that kind of money👌

Nice review Joe. I have the Charnwood version of the same machine, and I think it's brilliant. I never use the jointer either, that safety switch is a pain!

Nice review Joe. I'll be looking to see if there's something similar here in Australia

Good video. I was thinking about getting one after this video I am

I have a similar (rebranded) model and I bought it thinking I would use the jointer... I have used it a couple of times (like you it is a pain switching modes...) But because I have a DeWalt thicknesser, I don't use that mode and leave it in jointer mode. Like you I leave the fence at 90... but for the money I paid for it it is an okay machine...

I’ve got one and never use it as a jointer, it’s a pain changing the dust collection over. Never had any trouble with mine.

Happy New Year Joe, looks a sturdy machine & a nice follow up video on it mate, seems like you got the same shirt sent to you from that Good bloke Al from the Shack as I have lol, cannot wait to see your 2019 content, Dirk from DownUnder 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Joe I'm right in saying you were the same Joe on Britain's best woodworker? 👏🏼

Would you say Joe that there would be a problem using the thicknesser on heavy pieces of oak? I need to clean up the face of 600mm long pieces of 200x100 oak sleepers. All the best,great video

It is easy to bypass the switch for the extraction. I still use the extractor but it only has to sit there and not the messing about with screwing it down etc.

A great help - Thanks

Thanks Joe, nice one mate

Superb... Just ordered one...

I set one on fire 🤩🤩 but my replacement one is fine and screwfix were brilliant. 🌲🦊🌲

Joe, I'm finally getting to set up my garage as a wood work shop so will be able to finally get a table saw. I however have no budget for one. Can you or your viewers recommend a good basic table saw? I don't need any bells and whistles, just a good basic saw with an accurate fence. The heaviest wood I'll be cutting is 3/4" / 19mm plywood and the odd 2x4. I'm aware I can't afford a big table, so my first project will to be build out the table. Or would I be better to follow one of the KZfaq tutorials and make my own? I'm just collecting opinions about different saws and folks' experience with them at the moment as I'm trying to find something that will give accurate cuts, without spending a fortune. Thanks for all the great videos and inspiring me to get into woodworking after becoming disabled.

Great video again dude! I always love your straight forward, clear and precise, intelligent delivery. I bought this tool due to your earlier review and mine too is still going strong!

I’d just managed to talk myself out of getting one, convincing myself a bandsaw is a greater need. Now I’m totally confused, hang on I'll ask the wife which I need most... ...she said:”STOP BUYING BLOODY TOOLS YOU HAVE NO ROOM FOR!” (actually she never said "bloody" but I had to clean it up for family viewing.) I really am confused whether I need one or not, I do like the idea of planing my own wood and I’ve no intention of making any large pieces of furniture etc, but with my health planing does take it out of me. Can I ask about mess and noise? My workshop really is 6’x6’ and I wheel my table saw outside the door to use and set my router table up on a Bosch Workmate type table which I also use in the doorway from outside. Great video Joe, and a wonderfully honest review. Here’s hoping 2019 is your best year yet.

Funny, I come by your two vids by accident, get mine delivered on Tues 29 July.

Just bought on on Saturday, just waiting for screfix to deliver it

4yrs!!! Bliddy'ell bonnie lad yiv done alright there 😉 could have just persuaded me 👍👍

Loving mine 1 year later too :)

Great review I’m looking to buy my first thicknesser/planer I already have some Aldi power tools (as well as dewalt, Bosch Fox shepach, einhell) so really don’t want to spend a fortune on my first tools. Would love a dewalt but at £450/£500 that isn’t happening! So it’s a toss up between the Aldi (3 year no quibble warranty is inviting) my sliding mitre saw came with 5 years!) & the screwfix triton I think it is. Great video I’ve subscribed too

On the subject of the drive rollers slipping, I have the same problem with my proxxon thicknesser. It's actually the bed of the thicknesser, which is aluminium, causing the problem. If I clean and polish it it works ok. Not sure if that's the case on this model.

Trying to buy one of these based on your review... but they seem to be out of stock nationwide.

Excellent follow up review, in relation to the weight, wondering if it would be able to mount to a flip top cart??

1:26 hard to believe ... I bought one 2 years ago and i didn't manage adjust / set it right and sold the machine for half price . I consider these machines a cr...p and only works in a good hand . The fence on mine was twisted si I couldn't achieve a 90 degrees , the blades also were not adjusted and doesn't matter how hard i tried I still got work piece bowed ....

Thanks a lot for the informations. Could you please tell me where this machine is produced in?

Hi Joe, thought I'd mention that when I use the planer/jointer on the top of the machine, I take the fiddly black plastic extractor bit and locate it in the hole where you tighten it with the nut and washer but I don't use the nut and washer instead just crank the thicknesser bed up til it clicks the safety switch. Saves messing about with the nut and washer and makes it pretty quick to change over. Did you ever get a stand alone thicknesser? I've been looking at those orange titan ones and using a sled to plane warped or twisted boards.

Clean the rubber rollers with methalated spirits, that will work.

I’m putting it on eBay soon

Both of your reviews are just great. I appreciate the experience and knowledge that you've shared. :) However, I have one question. I'd like to get the Titan TTB579PLN to use it as a jointer, as I already have 317 mm wide Triton thicknesser. Would you say that it'll do a good job as a jointer? I see that you're using it mainly as a thicknesser, but I guess my question is still valid. :) Thanks!

you could remove the planer table and make a new cover for it , to get a lunchbox style planer , it probably be cheaper then buying the lunchbox style and sell this one and if you keep the table you can allways return it to original , i was planning on building a fliptable on casters for mine to use together with a table router , as there both about the same size

nice video Joe a question for you...is that machine noisey? would it be as noisey as an electric hand planer? thanks for any help you can give

They discontinued it on ScrewFix and the erbauer one