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We had a (significantly older) Axminster planer - thicknesser at work where the tables could be pivoted out of the way.
As I remember it, we rarely did - the planer guard was long enough to cover the blades when thicknessing with the table down, which was most of the time.
The table only needed lifting to feed short lengths into the thicknesser, i.e. so short that the table was in the way of feeding the timber. Rotating the table for thicknessing also required a different guard fitting on our machine - it would only be done if a longer piece couldn't be found or if the wood was expensive or in short supply.
MrE
one for @bobbo or @Airhead perhaps
looking to upgrade our workshop thicknesser from a metabo one, to possibly this Axminster one.
The strange method of the tables swinging up out of the way to go between planing and thicknessing causes me pause for thought. Need I worry?
Any other suggestions?