HX260

The Robland Signature Frame

The Robland signature frame is the backbone of the HX260, providing unmatched stability and precision for all operations. Its robust design allows the machine to house multiple woodworking functions—sawing, milling, planing, and thicknessing—while ensuring smooth, vibration-free performance. Thanks to this sturdy frame, changeovers between operations are fast and effortless, maximizing productivity. The frame’s signature curve brings the user closer to the saw, improving control and comfort. It’s this thoughtful engineering that allows the HX260 to be both compact and powerful.

Mitre Fence with Wood Clamp

This Mitre Fence features an integrated wood clamp, ensuring secure and stable positioning of your workpieces for precise miter cuts.

Support table (optional)

The Extra Support Table can be positioned anywhere along the aluminum profile of the sliding table, providing flexibility for your workflow. When used in conjunction with the outrigger table, it offers enhanced stability and support for handling large panels with ease.

Outrigger Table (optional)

For projects where the standard mitre fence isn’t sufficient, the HX260 offers the option to add an outrigger table on a telescopic arm. This addition provides greater support and stability, especially when working with larger workpieces, ensuring precise cuts even on more demanding tasks. However, keep in mind that since the HX260 does not feature a scoring unit, it’s not designed for handling large panels. The outrigger table enhances stability, but the machine’s primary focus remains on smaller, high-precision woodworking projects.

Cast iron top hood

The HX260 is equipped with a cast iron top hood that enhances stability during spindle operations. Paired with aluminum fences, this setup provides precise control and sturdiness, ensuring accuracy in shaping and milling tasks. To further enhance safety and cleanliness, the cast iron hood includes a built-in opening for dust extraction, reducing airborne particles and minimizing post-work cleanup. This thoughtful design allows for a cleaner, safer workspace, letting you focus on your craft without distractions.

Pressure pads built on cast iron top

On all our machines, safety is paramount. Mounted on the cast iron hood are controllable pressure pads that provides additional protection during spindle operations. The table pressure pad holds your workpiece securely in place, ensuring stable and precise machining, while the fence pressure pad acts as a protective barrier, keeping your hands safely away from the spindle.

Time-Saving Handwheel with Integrated Height Readout (optional)

The spindle unit can be equipped with a handwheel with an integrated height readout, designed to make your work more efficient. Instead of repeatedly measuring the spindle height manually, you can easily view and adjust it directly on the handwheel. This feature not only saves valuable time but also improves accuracy, allowing you to make quick, precise adjustments without interruptions.

Foldable Cast Iron Power Feeder Support Table (optional)

For added convenience, the HX260 can be equipped with a cast iron power feeder support table, providing extra stability when using a power feeder. This sturdy support table ensures precision feeding of materials, making it ideal for repetitive tasks. When not in use, the table can be easily folded away, saving space and keeping your workspace organized. This flexible feature enhances the machine's efficiency while maintaining the compact design that defines the HX 260.

Recommended Power Feeder: RAV32 for Enhanced Safety and Precision (optional)

We recommend our RAV32 power feeder for the HX260, offering multiple advantages Using a power feeder significantly increases safety by keeping your hands away from the spindle, reducing the risk of accidents. The constant feed speed provided by the RAV32 ensures consistent, high-quality results with every pass, eliminating uneven feeding and improving the overall finish of your workpieces. Additionally, the power feeder allows you to continue using the same MAN tools, enhancing versatility while maintaining safety and precision.

Collet for Vertical Routing (optional)

The HX260 spindle can be fitted with a collet, transforming it into a powerful tool for vertical routing. This feature allows for greater versatility, enabling you to perform precise routing operations directly on the spindle. Whether you're working on detailed profiles or intricate cuts, the collet attachment expands the machine's capabilities, making the HX260 even more flexible for various woodworking tasks.

Featherboards for Enhanced Safety and Control (optional)

The guides on the HX260 can be fitted with advanced featherboards, providing extra safety, especially when working with smaller workpieces. These featherboards are 3D-printed using a combination of materials for optimal performance: a durable PLA body ensures strength and stability, while the TPU downpressers offer flexibility and a gentle yet secure hold on your workpiece. The TPU components are easily replaceable, allowing for simple maintenance and ensuring that the featherboards remain effective over time. This feature enhances control and precision while keeping your hands at a safe distance from the cutting area.

Electronic Brake Module (optional)

For those working with heavier tools, the HX260 offers an optional electronic brake module. This feature ensures the machine brakes efficiently, even when handling tools with higher inertia. It provides an extra layer of safety, guaranteeing that the machine stops in time, no matter the weight or momentum of the tool in use. While not necessary for all users, this option is essential for those who frequently work with larger, heavier attachments on their spindle.

Tersa cutter block (optional)

The planer-thicknesser can be equipped with a Tersa cutter block, allowing for rapid and easy knife changes. This is especially beneficial for users working with a variety of materials, as it ensures you can always use the correct knife for the specific wood, resulting in superior cutting performance and significantly extending the lifespan of your tools. The Tersa system simplifies the process: just tap the clamp to release the knives, pull them out, insert the new set, and start the machine. The centrifugal force automatically locks the knives in place, eliminating the need for manual tuning or adjustments afterward.

Robland Planer Fence for Precise and Reliable Planing

The Robland planer fence is engineered to ensure consistent, high-quality planing results. Built with a durable aluminum profile attached to a cast iron base, this sturdy construction ensures both stability and precision during every use. The base glides smoothly on a square guide, making adjustments effortless. The planer fence can be set between 45° and 90°, with two physical stops that guarantee accurate positioning at these critical angles. This combination of precision engineering and ease of adjustment ensures perfect planing every time.

Planer Protection for Enhanced Safety

The planer protection on the HX260 is designed with safety in mind, preventing your hands from coming into contact with the knives during planing operations. Both the height and width of the protection can be easily adjusted to accommodate various workpiece sizes, ensuring a safe and comfortable working environment without compromising on accessibility.

Adjustable Chip Removal for Optimized Speed and Precision

The HX260 allows you to easily adjust the chip removal depth, giving you control over the balance between speed and accuracy. The finer the setting, the more precise the work—but with a slight reduction in speed. Finding the right balance is key, and for most operations, we recommend a maximum chip removal of 4mm to maintain both quality and efficiency. This flexibility lets you tailor the machine to your specific project needs, ensuring optimal performance every time.

Innovative 3D-Printed Planing Inserts

Our planing inserts are now produced using 3D printing, allowing us to optimize their design for better performance. These new inserts are engineered to reduce noise during operation, creating a quieter and more comfortable working environment. Printed with a small inclination, the inserts are designed to never interfere with the planing process while still fulfilling their essential safety function. This modern production method enhances both the efficiency and safety of the machine, ensuring a smoother and quieter experience.

Quick and Easy Changeover from Planer to Thicknesser

Switching between planer and thicknesser on the HX260 is a breeze. With a simple action, you can loosen the planing tables, which then open effortlessly like butterfly wings. Once upright, the tables are automatically secured, allowing you to quickly move on to thicknessing with minimal downtime.

Turnable Letterbox for Optimal Dust Extraction

The HX260 is equipped with a turnable letterbox that can be activated when the tables are opened, ensuring the best possible dust extraction during thicknessing operations. This feature not only helps maintain a cleaner workshop but also contributes to a better finish quality by reducing dust buildup on the workpiece.

Infeed Roller with Convenient Handle Activation

The HX260 comes equipped with an infeed roller that can be easily started using a handle, providing smooth and controlled feeding of materials. The roller operates at a consistent speed of 6 meters per minute, ensuring steady material flow for precise planing and thicknessing results.

Precision Setup and Unparalleled Quality

At Robland, every machine is meticulously set up in our factory to ensure superior performance. The tables are precisely calibrated to be perfectly parallel, and the knives are carefully aligned with the table for accurate, flawless results. Since we manufacture and assemble the components ourselves, we can guarantee the highest quality and attention to detail, delivering a machine that exceeds industry standards and ensures long-term reliability.

Integrated Ruler for Accurate Table Height Measurement

To ensure precise adjustments, the HX260 features an attached ruler that allows you to easily measure the height of the table. This simple yet effective tool ensures accuracy when setting the table height, giving you full control over your planing and thicknessing operations.

Handwheel with Readout for Precise Thicknesser Adjustments (optional)

The thicknesser can be equipped with a handwheel with an integrated readout, offering greater precision and efficiency compared to traditional rulers. This feature allows you to make quick, accurate adjustments, improving workflow speed while ensuring exact thickness settings for your materials.

The 5th Operation: Mortising with the Mortising Table

The machine's 5th operation: Mortising can be achieved by attaching our optional mortising unit, which utilizes the same axis as the planer-thicknesser. This versatile attachment allows you to drill precise holes or slots in your wood, expanding the machine’s functionality and making it an even more powerful tool for complex woodworking tasks.

Wood Clamp and Adjustable Table

The optional mortising unit comes equipped with a wood clamp and an extra plate to securely hold your workpiece in place. For enhanced precision, the table itself moves while the drill remains stationary, ensuring accurate drilling of holes or slots in your wood. This setup guarantees stability and control for detailed woodworking tasks

SiKo Counter Upgrade on Mortising Unit

The mortising unit can be upgraded with a SiKo counter, providing a digital readout for even greater precision. Instead of manually measuring, the SiKo counter allows you to quickly and accurately track your settings, resulting in a faster and more efficient workflow while maintaining exact accuracy.

The 6th Operation: Tenoning with Cast Iron Tenoning Table

The machine offers a 6th operation—tenoning—for enhanced versatility. By adding a cast iron tenoning table to the sliding table, you gain the ability to craft precise tenons with ease. This table is equipped with a fence and a wood clamp, ensuring both maximum safety and the highest quality results. The sturdy construction and secure setup make this an essential feature for those looking to expand their woodworking capabilities.

Tenoning Hood

For those looking to further enhance the tenoning capabilities of the machine, we offer a specific tenoning hood. This feature allows you to safely use tools with a diameter of up to 250mm, providing added versatility and precision when crafting tenons. The tenoning hood ensures both safety and accuracy, making it an excellent addition to the tenoning setup.

Optional Wheel Set for Easy Mobility

The machine can be equipped with an optional wheel set, allowing for effortless movement of the machine. This feature is particularly useful in workshops with limited space, as it enables you to easily move the machine aside when not in use, optimizing your workspace without sacrificing functionality.

Extra Support Roller for Enhanced Workpiece Handling

For added convenience when working with longer or larger workpieces, the machine can be fitted with an extra support roller. Featuring a cylindrical roller and ball bearings, this accessory provides essential support, particularly when wood exits the thicknesser or during planing. It ensures smoother handling and stability, helping you maintain control and precision in your work.