Balestrini TAO Round End Tenoner
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Model 2TAO
Serial number A-319-1081
Hourly production 600/700 tenons
Tenon width max 100mm +thickness
Tenon thickness max 30mm
Tenon depth max 50mm
Tables tilt max 20°
Workpiece fence swivelling 45°
Cut off saw 200mm dia
Number of knives 2
Number of spurs 2
Cutter rotation 9000rpm
Cutter motor 4hp (3 Kw)
Cycle motor 1hp (0,75 Kw)
Overall sizes 1400x1150x1300mm
Net weight 830kg
Designed to cut all types of tenons, with up to 3 composite angles on straight or curved wooden rails without use of templates. The tenon obtained is of the round and bevelled type to permit an easy, yet secure, mating in mortises cut on Mortisers with oscillating bits. The machine is equipped with two tables which can be independently adjusted for both height and tilt. On every other twin-table tenoning machine the tables are always mounted on a slide. But on the TAO the tables are stationary and the tool moves back and forth from one table to the other. This cycle completely eliminates idle times: the operator can load the workpiece on one table while a tenon is being cut on the other. Since the workpiece does not move, thanks to the stationary tables the TAO is particularly suitable for cutting tenons on long parts, The stationary tables assure tenoning results of the highest precision. the machine can obtain perfect shoulders on both work-tables, even on particularly difficult woods.