The Best Machine for Slab Resurfacing and Finishing

The Wood Wizz Timber Surfacing and Finishing machines were invented by a man who already knew the problems of cutting and finishing wood. Les Owen was a builder who liked to work with timber slabs and burls, making furniture in his limited spare time.

Les tried a multitude of hand tools, thicknessers, planers, sanders of all descriptions and everything else in between that he could find to level and dress timber to a high quality finish. All of these tools were very time consuming, costly, and the finished product was less than satisfactory. He was also keen to eliminate the amount of air borne dust, noise, and the mess associated with using these hand tools when working with wood.

In the mid 90’s Les gave up looking for a suitable dedicated wood working machine and set out on a mission to design his own machine that would take the place of a multitude of tools. It had to be quick, quiet, user friendly, as dust free as possible and a machine that would give a high quality finish on any kind of wood, including burls, slabs and recycled timber. Most of all, because of the limited time available for his hobby, Les needed each woodwork project to be completed in an allocated time frame. After many prototypes and various configurations, Les came up with three unique inventions that achieved all of the above and more. Mission accomplished!

After patents were put in place Les decided to test the market. In 1998 he demonstrated one of his inventions, the Radial Arm Timber Surfacing and Finishing machine, at the Timber and Working with Wood Show in Melbourne. The response from wood workers was overwhelming.

After this event, Les’s career path took a new direction from builder to manufacturer of the Wood Wizz Wood Surfacing and Finishing machinery. He went on to manufacture his other designs with the support of his wife Lillian and his family. Now they have three different Surfacing and Finishing machines on the market.

Today the buyers/operators of these Australian designed and manufactured Wood Wizz machines, can testify to the true value of these amazing and versatile machines and to the high quality finish that is achieved on all kinds of timber slabs, burls and recycled wood.

It gives Les great satisfaction to see that woodworkers using these brilliant low budget Wood Wizz machines can now produce furniture of the highest quality. Woodworkers can be proud of their achievements and can turn their efforts and skills into profit. With pride these woodworkers are able to say, “I made that.”

Wood Wizz Machinery Pty Ltd is located in Albury, New South Wales, Australia.

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