It appears you are looking at benchtop planers, as opposed to heavier
cast planers. In that class, let me suggest you look and see if there
is a Lowe's in your area that still has a Delta 20-580 13" planer in
stock. These planers sell for $350-$450 depending on where you buy.
Lowe's had them on sale for $229 - an incredible buy. I bought one and
I am very pleased with it. At that price, there is no other
competition to consider.
Bob
P.S. If you have a dust collector, pay the extra $24 for the dust
collection nozzle for this planer. It works very, very well.
Bob wrote:
> It appears you are looking at benchtop planers, as opposed to heavier
> cast planers. In that class, let me suggest you look and see if there
> is a Lowe's in your area that still has a Delta 20-580 13" planer in
> stock. These planers sell for $350-$450 depending on where you buy.
> Lowe's had them on sale for $229 - an incredible buy. I bought one and
> I am very pleased with it. At that price, there is no other
> competition to consider.
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. If you have a dust collector, pay the extra $24 for the dust
> collection nozzle for this planer. It works very, very well.
>
I have to agree with Bob that, at $229 the Delta is hard to beat. I
have a Rigid 13" that I like - good finish, low to no snipe, and the
extra inch is occasionally useful.
After running a bunch of hard maple this weekend and being very
frustrated from the amount of chip out I was getting (even with new
blades and very small amount of material removal - less than 1/32) I am
still thinking that being able to feed at slower speeds is a very useful
feature. It depends on what kind of wood you plan to work. If you are
planing very hard or highly figured wood I would consider a planer with
two feed speeds. The Dewalt DW735 looks pretty good in a number of
respects.
TWS
I've had the Delta 20-580 for about a year and a half. My only complaint
was finding replacement knives. Home depot where I bought the planer didn't
carry them and Canadian tire didn't have them - they both sold the planer
though. Finally found them at a wood show for $40 Cdn a set. Bought 2
sets. Get the dust collection nozzle it keeps a lot of shavings off the
floor.
It is dual speed and the thickness indicator is accurate once set up the
first time, at least it is in the range I use it most 2.5" down to 1/4".
The limit stop works well as well, once you get on to it's quirks.
Rick
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"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It appears you are looking at benchtop planers, as opposed to heavier
> cast planers. In that class, let me suggest you look and see if there
> is a Lowe's in your area that still has a Delta 20-580 13" planer in
> stock. These planers sell for $350-$450 depending on where you buy.
> Lowe's had them on sale for $229 - an incredible buy. I bought one and
> I am very pleased with it. At that price, there is no other
> competition to consider.
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. If you have a dust collector, pay the extra $24 for the dust
> collection nozzle for this planer. It works very, very well.
>
I have to agree with Bob. I also have the Delta 20-580 and am very pleased
with the performance.
Jim
www.woodblog.com
"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It appears you are looking at benchtop planers, as opposed to heavier
> cast planers. In that class, let me suggest you look and see if there
> is a Lowe's in your area that still has a Delta 20-580 13" planer in
> stock. These planers sell for $350-$450 depending on where you buy.
> Lowe's had them on sale for $229 - an incredible buy. I bought one and
> I am very pleased with it. At that price, there is no other
> competition to consider.
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. If you have a dust collector, pay the extra $24 for the dust
> collection nozzle for this planer. It works very, very well.
>
What about checking out the Grizzly G0550 or the G0551?
"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have to agree with Bob. I also have the Delta 20-580 and am very
pleased
> with the performance.
>
> Jim
> www.woodblog.com
>
> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > It appears you are looking at benchtop planers, as opposed to heavier
> > cast planers. In that class, let me suggest you look and see if there
> > is a Lowe's in your area that still has a Delta 20-580 13" planer in
> > stock. These planers sell for $350-$450 depending on where you buy.
> > Lowe's had them on sale for $229 - an incredible buy. I bought one and
> > I am very pleased with it. At that price, there is no other
> > competition to consider.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > P.S. If you have a dust collector, pay the extra $24 for the dust
> > collection nozzle for this planer. It works very, very well.
> >
>
>