Thanks for helping me if anyone can do so.
Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
Will not be doing a lot of 'heavy' planing. maybe 200' per winter. Have
read all the ads......Delta Craftsman Ryobi Dewalt etc.
So does anyone have a choice, preference, opinion, wish they had bought
another brand ?
Is there really any major difference ?
Going crazy tring to decide, someone out there can help i know !!
Thank You !
I agree - There are good Delta deals available now. Apparently Lowe's is
closing out on Delta (Anyone know why?).
I would steer away from Ryobi. I have owned a 12-5/16" Ryobi one for about
5-6 years and it is a great machine. However, Ryobi hasen't done a great
job of standing behind their customers with parts. I bought my first couple
sets of knives in the $25 price range. I recently discovered that HD
appears to be the only dealer that sells the brand and they don't handle
replacement knives. If you go to the "approved parts and repair" shops, or
Ryobi's "official parts source (an aftermarket operation). you can expect to
pay $63 to $75 for a set of knives. Good news is Delta sells a set for
about $29 that fits fine.
But who knows where you'll be able to buy Delta now?
The Delta "lunch bucket" 13" is nice planer.
PS:
Planers generate HUGE amounts of shaving. Start
planning on a dust collection system very soon.
The quality of the planer is hindered by shaving , so
a DC is almost a requirement.
od oy wrote:
> Thanks for helping me if anyone can do so.
> Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
> Will not be doing a lot of 'heavy' planing. maybe 200' per winter. Have
> read all the ads......Delta Craftsman Ryobi Dewalt etc.
> So does anyone have a choice, preference, opinion, wish they had bought
> another brand ?
> Is there really any major difference ?
> Going crazy tring to decide, someone out there can help i know !!
> Thank You !
>
"Dave jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I too have the 22-580 delta 13" . Excellent machine for a benchtop and
>hard
> to beat it for the money. The blades (I've seen them from $30-40) are
> easy
> to change and are reversible.
I'm going to jump on here also. I paid a lot more when they first came out
but if you can get it cheap at Lowes, there is not better value. At list
price, (or close to it) the DeWalts are good also.
Check out dust collectors also. I used my planer twice and bought a dust
collector.
Ed
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i looked for used and found a Toshiba.(forgot the model number), its a semi
production unit, weight 350 lbs and on wheels. Its fantastic. When I was
shopping you will spend twice that on a new one that does both planing and
jointing, which the Toshiba does. So even though it was way overkill for
me, it was 1/2 the cost of a new benchtop planer/jointer.
my advise is to get a jointer too, either as part of the planer or as a
seperate unit....you will nee that......and then look for used to save some
heavy $.
"od oy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for helping me if anyone can do so.
> Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
> Will not be doing a lot of 'heavy' planing. maybe 200' per winter. Have
> read all the ads......Delta Craftsman Ryobi Dewalt etc.
> So does anyone have a choice, preference, opinion, wish they had bought
> another brand ?
> Is there really any major difference ?
> Going crazy tring to decide, someone out there can help i know !!
> Thank You !
>
I too have the 22-580 delta 13" . Excellent machine for a benchtop and hard
to beat it for the money. The blades (I've seen them from $30-40) are easy
to change and are reversible.
"od oy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks for helping me if anyone can do so.
> Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
> Will not be doing a lot of 'heavy' planing. maybe 200' per winter. Have
> read all the ads......Delta Craftsman Ryobi Dewalt etc.
> So does anyone have a choice, preference, opinion, wish they had bought
> another brand ?
> Is there really any major difference ?
> Going crazy tring to decide, someone out there can help i know !!
> Thank You !
>
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:GrM%[email protected]:
>
> "Dave jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:UwK%[email protected]...
>>I too have the 22-580 delta 13" . Excellent machine for a benchtop
>>and hard
>> to beat it for the money. The blades (I've seen them from $30-40)
>> are easy
>> to change and are reversible.
>
> I'm going to jump on here also. I paid a lot more when they first
> came out but if you can get it cheap at Lowes, there is not better
> value. At list price, (or close to it) the DeWalts are good also.
>
> Check out dust collectors also. I used my planer twice and bought a
> dust collector.
Don't assume you can just use a ShopVac. You can fill a ShopVac in about 8
minutes with one of these things, and you still won't be happy with the
chip clearance capabilities. Unless you were to use/build one of those
trash can lid cyclone seperators, you would get a lot less performance from
the planer than you should expect.
I bought the Ridgid, and like it. I've used the Delta at the school's
shop, and like it too. The school's machine gets A LOT of use, and with
sharp blades, keeps on working.
Patriarch
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:21:47 -0500, [email protected] (od oy) wrote:
>Thanks for helping me if anyone can do so.
>Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
>Will not be doing a lot of 'heavy' planing. maybe 200' per winter. Have
>read all the ads......Delta Craftsman Ryobi Dewalt etc.
>So does anyone have a choice, preference, opinion, wish they had bought
>another brand ?
>Is there really any major difference ?
>Going crazy tring to decide, someone out there can help i know !!
>Thank You !
I've got an older DeWalt DW733, and like it a lot. Local buddies have
the Rigid, older Delta, and a Makita. They all like theirs fine.
Most all of them were picked up for the $250-299 range during some
sort of promotion. This was usually the reason most of us chose one
over the other. I don't think you'd go wrong with any of them.
Barry
"od oy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> Looking at thickness planers, 12" or so.
I have the DW735 and although I'm extremely pleased - had the Delta 22-580
been available at the current Low Lowe's price - I'd have snatched that up.
My neighbor is as happy with his as I am with my 735.