John Yow Posted November 4, 2003 Posted November 4, 2003 I'm getting ready to buy and electric planer. I would welcome input on makes that others have been satisfied with. Thanks in advance John ps: Paul J, the sail you made for my SD 11 works great. I'll send you some pictures. Quote
capt jake Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 If we are talking portable, I have a 4" Makita and it works great. Stationary, I have an older Delta 12" which works OK, though I would opt for the newr ones which plane 14" and have 4 screw adjusters vs teh 2 screws. Quote
thebob Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 My money goes on the Makita every time. I've owned the Bosch, Black and Decker and various Craftsman/Handyman types, and they all seem to burn out rather quickly. The Makita Pro series have dicast aluminum bodies and are bullitproof. Quote
Greg Luckett Posted November 6, 2003 Posted November 6, 2003 I have a Makita power hand planer which I have used to shape rudders. It has done very well and is holding up. I use a Bosch belt sander to do finer shaping, and also own a Bosch plunge router. Both are fine tools. Quote
Dale Niemann Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 I might recommend you check out Amazon.com/toolcrib. They have a lot of products mentioned and also sometimes have some valuable customer response writeups which have helped me make tool decisions in the past. Dale Quote
Frank Hagan Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 I bought a Hatachi for about $90, then saw the same identical tool for $49 at Harbor Freight (except the Harbor Freight one had orange plastic parts instead of green plastic parts). It works fine for my "rough" work ... shaping things, etc. It is not a finish grade type of thing ... but then I don't think any of these are. Quote
capt jake Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 I have found several tools at Harbor Frieght that have the identical castings to other name brand tools. My jig saw is identical to a Bosch axcept for teh trigger speed control.. Quote
John Yow Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Thanks everyone. I ended up getting a Bosch planer over the weekend from Home Depot. (I wish I had remembered about Harbor Freight) Anyway, the Bosch was very useful in shaping my rudder. John Quote
seahawk Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 :oops: frank..good workigtool's=good work.but so many diff.tools on the market,i get my old tools from germany,Festo..high price it hold a live long i buy here a makita cutter hold 2 mon.i get one bosch 1 hour. the tool's here is nothing its making only for the phil.or 3 class at your home its better...... Quote
Frank Hagan Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 :oops: frank..good workigtool's=good work.but so many diff.tools on the market' date='i get my old tools from germany,Festo..high price it hold a live long i buy here a makita cutter hold 2 mon.i get one bosch 1 hour.the tool's here is nothing its making only for the phil.or 3 class at your home its better......[/quote'] Festo tools look like they are really well made, and they always seem to do well in the magazine reviews. I haven't been able to actually find a store with them here in California, though. You can get them on the Internet and from catalogs, but I always like to do the "touch and feel" test with tools first. Quote
Scott Dunsworth Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 Also check out ebay. I bought a factory reconditioned Hatachi with a edge guide and metal case for $67. Also a Porter Cable orbital sander with hook and loop pad and dust collector for $49 including shipping. Some tools end up selling higher than you can walk in the store and pick them up for. But if you know what you want and what it sells for you can pick up some good deals. Tool king has an ebay store and they sell factory reconditioned tools with a warranty and their shipping charges are not crazy and sometimes included as they were on the orbital sander I bought. Scott Quote
John Kinnane Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 When I had my small furniture shop my tool repair man recommended a Festo to replace an English unit that hadn't lasted 12 months. The Festo was only slightly dearer but so much better. It was lighter, more powerful, much smoother in operation. I guess it all depends how much you plan to use the item in question. Quote
seahawk Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 what is with De wall or De watt we have it here ,looks like good?it's from us. Quote
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