A racing machine, it is one! quiet, efficient, grinds it regularly and without stuffing wood. For his thing is the wood ... and not the leaves ... green! Once you get beautifully tender leaves it quickly becomes a mess, like, I just cut the branches to make the size in May and soon I'll grind ... Nah, nah ... not a good idea! There is pain! it often flock and we must find the trick to push hard a piece of hardwood in the upper left corner of the hopper for passing leaves ... Alternatively, let the cut branches in a corner fade a good week or two, and then it works perfectly ... For the table it would be perfect as Amazon.com offers against the plate-selling pressure ...