Dewalt 15 Amps 13 In Corded Thickness Planer
Instead of one long straight blade, spiral cutterheads have multiple smaller knives, offset from each other in a spiral around the cutterhead. Spiral knife planers yield more consistent results than straight knife planers do. As well, the blades are reversible when they dull, and if you run into a stray nail or screw with your planer, it will only damage one blade as opposed to the entire knife. Not surprisingly, spiral knife planers are often significantly more expensive than straight knife models. Fan powered chip ejection with dust collector hookup.
If you still have questions about your benchtop planer, refer to your user’s manual or contact the manufacturer. Snipe refers to a line, sometimes very noticeable, left on the front or back of dewalt tools a workpiece where the planer has removed more material than throughout the field of the board. It’s an unsightly element that many benchtop planers leave on workpieces that pass through them.
More specifically, we wanted to know which planer pulled more power and which one had the best feed performance relative to its no-load condition. Most of the planers utilize a bolt to adjust the table vertically with a captured nut to hold the adjustment bolt in place. All of the units had a similar table adjustment but one. We were very impressed with the Makita planer and its setscrew adjustment.
Thankfully I stocked up as they’ve gone up a good bit since. However, I had to send the first planer back due to a quality control issue at the factory. The belt pullys were misaligned and ate the belt in about 10 minutes. The second one has been good, but I’m done with Delta as their quality has definitely gone down hill lately.
Overall this is a great planer and worth every penny. The unit is heavy, but with the positions of the handles, it wasn’t too hard to move around. For as much Purple heart we sent through that planer, it seemed like the knives lasted a long time. Some of the cuts we even took off more than recommended for that machine and it did a great job.
It gives the wood a nice, smooth finish and the thickness is accurate. It’s heavy enough that it doesn’t jump around or vibrate excessively. You will get snipe with it unless your board is well supported at both the infeed and outfeed of the machine. That being said, even without that good support the snipe will only be on the last inch or so of the board and can sometimes be sanded out.