12-1/2", Heavy Duty, Portable Thickness Planer With 3 Knives.
Walnut glides like butter under the three-knife cutterhead of this superb portable planer. And say good-bye to end snipe, that enemy of thrifty woodworkers. Stock comes out with a near-flawless finish because the three knives make an impressive 96 cuts per inch. You won't need to trim off the damaged ends anymore either, because the four-column carriage lock stifles the movement that causes snipe. Replacing the knives isn't complicated, another plus. The dust hood is even included, and we say bravo to that, because planers make a mess. The depth of cut and thickness gauges are well-placed and easy to read; the handles make toting this 80-plus-pounder a little easier. We think the weight's a plus, though, as it adds to the tool's stability. Home woodworkers, do-it-yourselfers, and contractors will love this planer.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great intitially, Not designed for longevity.:
I purchased this planer a couple years ago to plane rough cut pine. It worked well out of the box and continued to do so for the first year. After about 1,000bf of mainly pine the drive rollers started having trouble pulling material throught the cutterhead. I should have taken notice at this point and determined the problem, I may have been able to prevent the problems I now have. The bushings that support the rollers are very cheap and not designed for much use as there is no way to keep them adequately... more info
nice lunchbox:
This is a quality lunchbox planer. If you are looking for super high quality planing work, you're a fool to buy this unit and except such performance. I use this planer to bring lumber down close to size, and then run it though a MM planer to get it to the exact thickness with near perfect results. This is a lunchbox planer. Nothing more, nothing less. It works great at what it does and hasn't given me a problem. It actually takes a very nice thickness out per cut and leaves a pretty good edge. If... more info
Sweet little planer.:
I have been planning on creating my own custom trimwork for my house and decided to get a planer. I had my mind set on the 13" 3 knife dewalt but when I saw that the 12 1/2" dewalt now has 3 knives I saved $150 and bought this one. I was not dissapointed, right out of the box the all settings were dead on. I have run a ton of wood including oak, maple, walnut, yellowheart, purpleheart, redwood, mahogany ect. I just got my first nick in the blades but that was after 9 months of use. I would buy this planer... more info
Very disapointed:
I ran less than 100 foot of white pine and had to turn the blades over. Two of the bolts holding the blades were tightened from the factory too tight, and stripped out. I ended up drilling and using a bolt extractor to remove the two bolts. Buyer beware..Dewalt has lost my respect as a quality tool maker.
