I had purchased the Felder Profil shaper and FD250 boring machine and when I needed a smaller table saw I have a neighbor who had the

Really appreciate the effort put into this review. Hugely helpful.

Hi Graham, thanks for the 2nd review - happy to hear I did the right thing to press the order button. I will be careful about over-tightening, thanks for the warning.

Thanks for a very informative video. I'm in the process of finding a similar machine that fits my needs.

Having the coplaner issue can be looked at as a great lesson. The more you need to tweak the more you understand the machine and the better you get at tuning it. Any machine is going to need adjustment over the years and to keep it performing like day one on decade one will depend on your knowledge and experience with keeping is working perfectly.

Thank you very much for this video. It is very informative. I find the constructive criticism you have very positive. You helped me a lot with my decision. I will buy the A3-41. Thank you and best regards from Germany. (Unfortunately my English is not so perfect, so I had to use the google translator).

I have an A3 31 which I find excellent, particularly the spiral cutter. Useful to be aware of the potential problem if the planer bed is overtightened. Thank you.

Great video. Thanks for sharing this info.

Good to see someone finnaly criticizing this brand. This handle problem is not your fault. Contact surfaces should have obviously been bigger. That's all. Felder is not as good as they say. Look at how old machines are made and it is easy to see that nowadays everything is lighter, everything is thinner, everything gets wanky so much faster. But.... Prices are increasing ! ans quality drops...

Very helpful review!

Hi from Australia our Men's shed has a A26 due to space with a lot of the men with little experience using the machine some one has over tighten the lock handles putting the out feed bed out of parallel with the in feed bed also it ended up higher than the blades Our Felder dearler is down the road from us I went to see him to arrange for a tech to come and fix it he said all I need to do was to adjust the front bolts to level it up across the machine and To adjust the height to match the blade there is a cam type adjustment on the feed out end also there is a lock nut there you need a 20mm spanner to adjust the height like you do on the in feed side with those settings you can get the beds straight You don't need to touch any bolts at the back of the machine

Really enjoyed your approach and manner - more please!

Hi, very interesting review, I have the same machine and have some issues on the thicknesser feed, often needs a good push! I have also been a bit disappointed with backup. Thanks for your videos!

I’ve had the A3-31 for about a year, and just rushed up to my workshop to check it’s ok, thankfully it’s fine, but I will take care locking the table down in future, thanks.

Excellent review!

Thanks - I'm never buying a Hammer! was thinking but no way now...

Thank you so much for this video. I have the a3-41 on order. I will definitely be checking the tables very carefully when the machine arrives and NOT over tightening! I think the company should strongly highlight that one should not over tighten! I wish felder or someone would make an retrofit cover that was articulated, maybe like a cable tray on a CNC, that could fall down behind the machine to lessen the footprint behind the machine. It’s an important consideration as many like you and me are choosing a combo machine because we have small shops.

Think about it. In order for the Jointer to work accurately the knives must be set to the out feed table height to a tolerance of two to three thou. But every time you lift those beds up and down you're drifting off with that critical adjustment.

Hi Graham - better late than never, I’ve just watched your video which is really helpful - thank you. I have the Hammer A331 with spiral cutter and can honestly say it has transformed my home woodworking. Being able to re-size timber that you already have rather than buy more has worked really well. The only problem I began to have after 100’s of metres of use was snipe. After reference to Felder they recommended cleaning the beds with a ‘red’ scouring pad and WD40 and cleaning thoroughly. It worked an absolute treat. My only concern at the moment (having successfully tackling rotating the cutter heads) is whether I’m competent to undertake the re-greasing of the chain etc inside. Maybe one for a service engineer! Kind regards.

Hammer should put click stop torque tightening handles on the front of the table.