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Dewalt 735 is the best that is offered for a portable.
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Have to agree with the other two, Dewalt 735!
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If I were looking for a new bench top planer it would be a DeWalt 735. If that wasn't available my next choice would be a Ridgid planer. As mentioned earlier, you might be able to pick up a good used 15" for about the same as a new 735. Bench tops are typically very noisy requiring hearing protection. My 15" Jet is very quiet even when running wood.
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When it comes time to replace my planer, I'll go with a stationary. 110V draws too much power and they are too loud. 13" is also too limiting.
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What's wrong with the Delta 13" planer?
I also have a Delta 13" planer, and wouldn't go back to a portable.
They're not disposable planers like the portables.
I would easily spend a few hundred in parts for my Delta, before going back to a portable.
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10-17-2017, 01:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-17-2017, 03:03 PM by Lynden.)
For a hobby shop? -- the Makita 2012NB. It's a highly-rated, quality planer, is relatively quiet and it will do all you need it to do. Read the reviews. It's been said that bench-top planers are loud, Loud, LOUD or LOUD. The Makita is loud. The Dewalt 735 is LOUD.
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(10-17-2017, 12:13 PM)BobW Wrote: I think that the Delta 13" planer that he's talking about is the benchtop portable (22-580?), whereas you're referring to the older 13" stationary.
I guess one way is to keep buying cheap machines. I bought the stationary 13" Delta decades ago. It is a great machine.
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