List The new delta 12 1/2' planner has a cutter head lock which cuts out the snipe almost completly.(you need a micrometer to detect any at all. It is relatively quiet compared to my OLD ryobi 10' Dale Erwin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Trout" <trouts_place@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 5:01 AM Subject: Re: Thickness Planer > Hi Terry, > > Looking for a planer, huh? It's one of those tools that I bought early on > and haven't regretted it. > > Starting out, without any real knowledge of what I was buying, I bought a > Delta 12" portable planer. It's served me well, although it does tend to > have a problem with snipe on the ends of the boards it's planing. I've > compensated by running sacrificial boards of no consequence through directly > before and after the 'good board'. I think the model is still available > today for around $275 or so, maybe less on sale someplace. > > If I had to replace my planer, I'd be looking seriously at the Dewalt 12 > 1/2" portable planer. It's a little more expensive. If I remember, it was > somewhere in the $375 range. But it's bigger and 'beefier' and heavier and > has a locking cutter head (reduces snipe) and looks to be a pretty darn good > machine. > > Would love to have one of those 15" floor models that weigh about as much as > 4 of us put together, but being practical, I think I'll have to stick with > the portable ones. Besides, you can tuck it away on a shelf (under the one > wing of the table saw comes to mind...) when you're not using it, meaning > that if you're shop space is limited, there's no need to permanantly > dedicate valuable floor space. > > It's been a while since I've been "shopping" in a tool store so my opinions > might be dated. And besides, the credit cards "can't take much more of > this, Captain" (said in the Star Trek accent of Mr. Scott). :-) > > Good luck, and only take a credit card with enough room for that tool and no > more! Otherwise,... > > See ya, > > Brian Trout > Slidell, LA > trouts_place@hotmail.com > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >
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