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Stay away from this planer
I have a comprehensive shop (stationary tools, hand tools, etc.) Two years ago, I purchased one of these planers, and initally loved it. But running less than 1000 lineal feet of softwoods and hardwoods through it, have experienced numerous break downs - mainly due to parts in the cutterhead and roller drive assemblies just coming undone. Repaired it numerous times and now it sits idle - have just had it. (Also DeWalt's website for replacement parts does not work well at all) I have put more time in repair and maintenance into this planer than all my other power tools combined - some of which have been running over twenty years.
I own Delta, Porter-Cable, Skil, Hitachi, Makita, Bosch, etc - tools, but this is the last De Walt tool I will buy - period!
October 2004 · Tools and Home Improvement