To all,
I am thinking about replacing my 12 inch delta planer. It still works fine but produces quite a bit of snipe on both ends of the board. It is also kind of a weeny and takes for ever to take much off the board. I buy all my lumber rough so I use it a lot. It is probably one of the first portable designs and I know they have improved them quite a bit over the last few years.
I am looking at the dewalt DW735. It seems to have a lot of features and gets good reviews. I am also considering going old school and looking for an old Powermatic or Parks planer.
I guess my question does anyone have any experiece comparing the new fangled portable units against the old school heavy duty units. My main concerns are snipe as well as amount of wood one can remove in one pass. Any comments are appeciated. Well helpful comments anyway.
Thanks,
Ron
Durham
I am thinking about replacing my 12 inch delta planer. It still works fine but produces quite a bit of snipe on both ends of the board. It is also kind of a weeny and takes for ever to take much off the board. I buy all my lumber rough so I use it a lot. It is probably one of the first portable designs and I know they have improved them quite a bit over the last few years.
I am looking at the dewalt DW735. It seems to have a lot of features and gets good reviews. I am also considering going old school and looking for an old Powermatic or Parks planer.
I guess my question does anyone have any experiece comparing the new fangled portable units against the old school heavy duty units. My main concerns are snipe as well as amount of wood one can remove in one pass. Any comments are appeciated. Well helpful comments anyway.
Thanks,
Ron
Durham