Planers

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 03:35:08 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I've had a DeWalt portable for YEARS. It works as well as when I bought
>it. I've gone through one set of knives.

FWIW, My local Sears has these on sale for $299, with free dust hood &
extra knives. No rebate required.

Barry

In article <fah%a.3564$ew2.1880@edtnps84>,
"Dr. Doug Trotter" <[email protected]> writes:
>...i'm just a rec woodworker...

Doesn't that describe everyone on this newsgroup, by definition? ;)

>>>Dr. Doug Trotter wrote:
>>>...i'm just a rec woodworker...

>>Brett A. Thomas wrote:
>> Doesn't that describe everyone on this newsgroup, by definition? ;)

>Chris Merrill <[email protected]> writes:
>Seems to me that many here are a great deal more!
>(professional, I mean)

Uh, I meant that, since we're all on rec.woodworking, we're all
"rec.woodworkers." Probably not funny enough to bother explaining...

-BAT

"Dr. Doug Trotter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:fah%a.3564$ew2.1880@edtnps84...
> I'm thinking about a portable (Delta ect) but
> may go to a floor model. i'm just a rec woodworker but want something
that
> will last for years. what do you guys think? thanks
>
>
If you have the space for it and the $$$ for it, you won't go wrong with a
floor model.
Ed

I've had a DeWalt portable for YEARS. It works as well as when I bought
it. I've gone through one set of knives. It cuts smoothly with
negligible snipe. (As in not visible) There are a couple of fellas that
have posted on the Wreck that portables are not up to the task, but the
majority of Wreckers have posted positive comments about their portable
planers such as Makita, DeWalt, Rigid, Delta, et al. Some models have
more snipe than others, so read some reviews in mags or search the net,
if you are serious about getting a good one. Some are 2 speed, but I
think that's more of a marketing gimmick than anything.

dave

Dr. Doug Trotter wrote:

> Ok, I'm finally in the market for a planer. i know that this has been
> hashed around before but what should i be looking for and more specifically
> what should I be avoiding! I'm thinking about a portable (Delta ect) but
> may go to a floor model. i'm just a rec woodworker but want something that
> will last for years. what do you guys think? thanks
>
>

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"Dr. Doug Trotter" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:fah%a.3564$ew2.1880@edtnps84:

> Ok, I'm finally in the market for a planer. i know that this has been
> hashed around before but what should i be looking for and more
> specifically what should I be avoiding! I'm thinking about a portable
> (Delta ect) but may go to a floor model. i'm just a rec woodworker
> but want something that will last for years. what do you guys think?

I had the chance to borrow a friend's Delta planer, and I recently bought
one of the discounted DeWalt planers from Lowes. The end results were
about the same, but I find the locking mechanism on the DeWalt easier to
use. On the Delta you have to turn a crank, while the DeWalt has a bar
that you just push down to lock and pull up to unlock. The bar doesn't take
much effort to move, and tended to make it easier to unlock, change the
depth, and lock again.

Dr. Doug Trotter wrote:
> Ok, I'm finally in the market for a planer. i know that this has been
> hashed around before but what should i be looking for and more specifically
> what should I be avoiding! I'm thinking about a portable (Delta ect) but
> may go to a floor model. i'm just a rec woodworker but want something that
> will last for years. what do you guys think? thanks

You sound like me. I wanted something that would last...preferrably
outlast me, or at least my interest in woodworking.

I was patient and eventually found a 15-year-old 3hp 15" delta-clone in
excellent working order. It was a little dirty and needed adjustment.
I paid $400 - which was certianly not a gloatable price...but a fair
one, I think. While I'm sure the lunchbox planers are good machines,
(at least some) I know that this one has 15 years of use and will still
take a good chunk off a 15" oak board without missing a beat. If I
were in the buying position, knowing what I know, now, I would
probably pass on the lunchbox planer. But I buy stuff from HF, too...
go figure!

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On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:14:40 GMT, B a r r y B u r k e J r .
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 03:35:08 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I've had a DeWalt portable for YEARS. It works as well as when I bought
>>it. I've gone through one set of knives.
>
>FWIW, My local Sears has these on sale for $299, with free dust hood &
>extra knives. No rebate required.
>
>Barry
I have run a lot of oak as well as some softer stuff thru my Delta
22-850 thirteen inch planer. It's portable if you're a gorilla. I
think it weighs 97 pounds. I put it on a roller cabinet with storage
under it. and roll it out into the middle of the floor when I need it.
Couldn't ask for a better planer for anything I've run through it so
far and I get my rough wood straight from tthe mill.

Have only used the slow speed a few times - made minimal difference.


///
Smokey
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http://www.machlink.com/~allenbaugh/

Recreation since we don't get paid for it. Isn't that what you mean?

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:41:58 GMT, [email protected] (Brett A. Thomas)
wrote:

>>>>Dr. Doug Trotter wrote:
>>>>...i'm just a rec woodworker...
>
>>>Brett A. Thomas wrote:
>>> Doesn't that describe everyone on this newsgroup, by definition? ;)
>
>>Chris Merrill <[email protected]> writes:
>>Seems to me that many here are a great deal more!
>>(professional, I mean)
>
>Uh, I meant that, since we're all on rec.woodworking, we're all
>"rec.woodworkers." Probably not funny enough to bother explaining...
>
>-BAT