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13" Two-Speed Planer Reviews

3.7 Rating 3 Reviews
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Woodcraft Supply, LLC is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking tools and supplies. You'll find Woodcraft stores in more than 70 major metropolitan areas across the U.S.; and Woodcraft annually distributes 1.5 million catalogs featuring more than 10,000 items to all 50 states and 117 foreign countries. The Woodcraft catalog is a standard among woodworkers as the most complete offering of first rate products for woodworking available anywhere. Woodcraft also publishes six issues of Woodcraft Magazine annually.

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Phone:

800-535-4486

Location:

1177 Rosemar Rd,
Parkersburg
West Virginia
26105

I bought this planer last year when it was on sale and came with a free stand. I did a lot a research and this one appeared to be one of the best according to reviews. I can’t believe how bad the snipe is. No matter how I set it up it still snipes the first and last 4 inches. It is completely useless for planing finished projects like cutting boards or for flattening boards, and I also refuse to accept that almost a foot of every piece of wood is going to be wasted because of the snipe. I contacted dewalt and was told to ship it to a repair company, at my cost, to see what was wrong with it and if it was covered by warranty. I tried to explain the problem and that I wanted to return it and get a refund but since it was past the 30 day deadline that wasn’t an option. Now I have a $700 useless tool taking up space in my shop, and $700 is a big investment for me. I won’t try and sell it without telling people why so it is just a waste.
5 Helpful Report
Posted 1 year ago
AE From Thorsby
Verified Reviewer
This is my first planer I bought and it works great. I used it on many kinds of hard and soft woods and haven't had tear out problems. The in and out feed tables really are nice so is the depth removal gauge. The height gauge on the side was pretty accurate just needed a little bit of tuning to get right, and the depth stop wheel on the side is really helpful for getting perfect thicknesses, the stops it has are 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/4. I haven't had any differences in the thickness with in 1/64 of an inch which is acceptable for me. I recommend you have a 20 amp circuit for it if you have any thing else going on like battery chargers or a small tool just to be safe. I can only run the planer and my shop vac together or else it will pop the breaker. Other than that its a great machine and totally worth it.
2 Helpful Report
Posted 4 years ago
AE From Thorsby
Verified Reviewer
This is my first planer I bought and it works great. I used it on many kinds of hard and soft woods and haven't had tear out problems. The in and out feed tables really are nice so is the depth removal gauge. The height gauge on the side was pretty accurate just needed a little bit of tuning to get right, and the depth stop wheel on the side is really helpful for getting perfect thicknesses, the stops it has are 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/4. I haven't had any differences in the thickness with in 1/64 of an inch which is acceptable for me. I recommend you have a 20 amp circuit for it if you have any thing else going on like battery chargers or a small tool just to be safe. I can only run the planer and my shop vac together or else it will pop the breaker. Other than that its a great machine and totally worth it.
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Posted 4 years ago