Subject: Help selecting a planer

From: [email-masked] (Mark Lewus)
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 03:31:26 GMT

I am looking for a planer for use in my basement shop. I want to use
it to surface rough and resawn lumber rather than buyng it dimensioned
and surfaced from folks like Croffwood Mills. There seem to be a bunch
of machines in the 12" 'portable' category, all in the $300-500 range,
and then another group of 15" machines in the $1200-$1600 range. 

I will be planing fairly narrow stock, maybe 3-9", and prabably
nothing thicker than 8/4 (and not much of that). The planer will
mostly be used to dimension 4/4 lumber to 3/4" and also to dimension
lumber to 1/2" for cabinet panels and drawer stock .  

My question is, beside the obvious difference in max stock width and
power, will the 12" machines produce as clean a surface as the larger
machines? Do the larger machines produce less snipe, or will they
handle thinner stock?

Any suggestions as to brand / model?

Thanks in advance,

Mark Lewus
[email-masked]

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From: "Thomas G.Cavanagh" <[email-masked]>
Date: 1 Apr 1997 14:29:36 GMT

How about Sunhill's 15" planer, made by Geetech in Taiwan.  Bought mine two
years ago for $799.00 plus $89.00 shipping from Washington to East Coast.
Heavyweight, 450#.  Well made 220 VAC.  Had a snipe problem that was
resolved by setting table rollers absolutely flush with table. Two
speeds,chain drive cutter and dust collector chute included.  Only drawback
is the table adjusts and not the cutter head.  Mine is setup on wheels
anyway and I use adjustable roller infeeds and outfeeds.  Works for me, see
what everybody else thinks.:-)

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