20-inch planer powered by a 3-horsepower, 230 volt motor
Smooth operation with corrugated infeed and fine-groove outfeed rollers
Base, table, and head made of cast iron
Top-mounted rollers allow easy return for multiple passes
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
20" planer chatter problems:
Most of the aspects of this planer are good except for "chatter". This has been a real problem for me with this planer. I can run something like a 1 1/2 inch oak cuting borad top and get NO "chatter" or dishing and then on the last pass get waves in the surface like a rough 2x12 at Home Depot. Powermatic has sent in a local expert that they hire and he did all the adjustments and declared all fine. When I ran a 7 foot board with less that 1/2 inch bow he then declared my problem as "operator error" for... more info
Addition to last post:
I'm not the poster of this review. Just wanted to let him know that the powermatic manuals have the 800 service number in the back of their manuals. Just in case anyone was concerned about this. Their customer service is outstanding
I gave this product 4 stars only b/c the review I was adding this to gave it 4 stars. I have not used this product.
Recommend this planer for high volume planing applications:
I am General Contractor for Timber Frame construction projects. You can't beat the Amazon.com price with free shipping. Even Ebay prices used don't beat the price/performance of this machine.
The mechanics on the planer are good with excellent finish results, but I wish the infeed and outfeed roller tables were as heavy duty as the machine itself. We have planed hundreds of board feet of 6x8 and 4x6 lumber with outstanding results. I bought the 20 inch planer over the 15 inch so that we could plane 6x12... more info
