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Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/6/2009, 5:24 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer (Bill Hamm)

: Hi Ken,

: I've got an old Delta planer, the current model of it is the TP305. It's been
: a real workhorse. May not be the newest and greatest but it continues to
: do the job and the available dust hood (along with a dust blower) works
: quite well at handling the vast quantity of shavings this thing produces.
: Now days they are fairly cheap too.

: They call it portable too, but it's around 90 lbs. so it's not really all
: that portable, mine stays bolted to the accessory stand.

: Bill H.

Btw, works well at insuring that the strips are always the same thickness. I've had mine for I guess around 15 years and only had the blades shapened once.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Recommend A Planer
Ken Blanton -- 4/6/2009, 5:13 am
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Fred -- 4/8/2009, 7:43 am
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Chris Sperry -- 4/6/2009, 6:35 pm
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Don Lucas -- 4/6/2009, 10:07 am
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Kudzu -- 4/6/2009, 8:16 am
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Ken Blanton -- 4/7/2009, 8:07 pm
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Bill Hamm -- 4/7/2009, 12:49 am
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2009, 5:22 am
Re: Tools: Recommend A Planer
Bill Hamm -- 4/6/2009, 5:24 am