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Dewalt Thickness Planers For Sale

The $499.88 price is a hair over Black Friday 2019 pricing of $499.00, which was the lowest price I have ever seen on this planer combo. A good price on this planer is usually $525 to $575, and that’s typically after a $25 off $100+ promo or similar. $500 is a great price, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it priced lower than $499.00.

CPO does not sell products that are intended for children and does not intend to collect Personal Information from individuals under the age of eighteen . CPO is the owner or authorized user of dewalt accessories the content displayed on the CPO Sites. I am sure that it is a good product, it is still in the box but when i do get to use it i am sure that it will preform well & it will get a work out.

While manufacturers label most planers with ranges between 12 and 13 inches , this metric doesn’t tell the whole story. For example, a 12-inch planer can handle a board 12 inches in width, but that does not say how thick a piece of wood the planer can handle. A benchtop planer is very use-specific, meaning it only serves one purpose—and as a one-trick pony, it’s not the most common tool present in the average workshop. This Thickness Planer with Three Knife Cutter-Head is powered by a 15 amp, 20,000 RPM motor. Without a melamine board in the bottom, I pretty much get zero snipe.

This finishing speed is nearly twice as slow, and gives much nicer planing results. It also helps with dealing with difficult, reversing grains and figured woods. If you are able to resharpen them yourselves , you can save on costs of purchasing replacement blades. You can also pick your preferred angle for the blades, and even add a micro bevel, which may improve the cut quality.

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The DeWalt DW735 is fairly easy to use and is pretty well self-explanatory for anyone that uses a planer. The real tests for this machine are the power and accuracy. Power is one of our main concerns with a new planer considering the number of times we trip the breaker on our old model either from overloading the motor or thermal shutdown.

I was introduced to woodworking by my grandfather at 11 years old. I spend a good chunk of my free time working on woodworking projects and writing for this blog. Apart from that, I also enjoy weightlifting and chess. You can fit 13-inch wide boards into this planer, but it will only take 3/32-inch off with each pass. That should not be a problem with many boards, including pre-dimensioned pieces.