Price of a used Jet Planer

In article <[email protected]>, "Bob Davis"
<[email protected]> writes:

>Anyway, the asking price is $600. Of course there is no
>warranty. The best I would get is the trust I place in the owner of this
>shop that its in good shape and working properly.

Bob,

The asking price is right in line with what it should be. I don't have my files
right here of when I bought that piece but I believe it sold for $1,200.00.
I've been working my for years now with not one problem. I am very happy with
it. But I warn you it really needs a dust collector connected to it. If you
don't have one it is probably a waste of money.

If I would say there is any disadvantage to this unit it would be the movement
of the table instead of the head for thickness adjustments. I would like to be
able to put an in-feed and out-feed table onto it but it is not practical. This
is not a major disadvantage in the operation just a preference.

My suggestion is to go for it.

Roy
Roy

Bob Davis wrote:
> The price seems about right. Its more planer than I would buy new. I tend
> to buy tools that are in the mid range between advanced home user and
> industrial quality.

I try to shoot for the same market niche.
I can't comment directly on the Jet. I recently bought a used 15" planer
(Delta knock-off) for $400. It has a 3hp 240V motor and is ~15yrs old. It's
definitely a step up in power and rigidity from the portable planers...and it
is definitely NOT portable (beyond rolling it around the shop on it's stand).

If the Jet has one of the larger induction motors...it probably has a lot of
life left in it. Mine seems to have been heavily used - I'm confident it will
outlive me. It may need new bearings for the cutterhead someday...they sound
a little noisy. I'm glad I went that direction instead of the DW733, which
was running ~$330 at the time.

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"Bob Davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> It looks very, very
> heavy duty. Anyway, the asking price is $600. Of course there is no
> warranty. The best I would get is the trust I place in the owner of this
> shop that its in good shape and working properly.
>
> The price seems about right. Its more planer than I would buy new.

My first time using a planer was the Jet 15" Given that it is about $100
more than a new 12 or 13 inch that is much lighter duty, I'd grab it. Worst
case scenario is a new set of blades and maybe a motor down the road. Still
a nice piece of iron.
Ed

Thanks Roy. You gave some very direct, useful information. I'm in the
process of doing the budget for the shop build out and seeing what it looks
like. The planer needs to fit in there somewhere. I cannot budget much
more than $600 and this is a lot more planer than I would expect to be able
to buy. I like that.

Bob

"Roy Neudecker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, "Bob
Davis"
> <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >Anyway, the asking price is $600. Of course there is no
> >warranty. The best I would get is the trust I place in the owner of this
> >shop that its in good shape and working properly.
>
> Bob,
>
> The asking price is right in line with what it should be. I don't have my
files
> right here of when I bought that piece but I believe it sold for
$1,200.00.
> I've been working my for years now with not one problem. I am very happy
with
> it. But I warn you it really needs a dust collector connected to it. If
you
> don't have one it is probably a waste of money.
>
> If I would say there is any disadvantage to this unit it would be the
movement
> of the table instead of the head for thickness adjustments. I would like
to be
> able to put an in-feed and out-feed table onto it but it is not practical.
This
> is not a major disadvantage in the operation just a preference.
>
> My suggestion is to go for it.
>
> Roy
> Roy