Alex Goncharov Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Is it possible to use hand planner such as Bosch 6 Amp 3-1/4-Inch Planer http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003DQO7HK/ref=pe_366840_122243520_em_1p_1_ti instead of benchtop planer like this http://www.amazon.ca/DEWALT-DW734-2-Inch-Benchtop-Planer/dp/B0000CCXU6/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1408095191&sr=1-3&keywords=planer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hey Alex, the hand held planer is useful but incredibly finicky. It can quickly reduce the thickness of stock but has a very small footprint. It can be very tricky to keep the tool from gouging because of that small footprint. I would not compare them to each other in the same category. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 First Post!! Welcome Alex! Good place to hang out. I'm +1 with Shaffer. I have a hand held and it's good to reduce something when the final thickness is not critical or the stock is not too wide or it's just good to hog off some material but If the money's there, I'd say get a bench top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 +2. As far as woodworking is concerned, they are useful in a few, limited applications. If I have board that is too wide for my jointer, I will use the power planer to knock down the high spots so it will be stable enough to run through my thickness planer. But I only do this if I have plenty of margin for error. I wouldn't do this on a 4/4 board, before I know it I would be down to nothing! I also use it to clean up reclaimed stock. It is really difficult to use those for final dimensioning, it is more of a rough tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 You can but I certainly wouldn't unless I wanted to plough a furrow thru some stock. I think I still have one somewhere. It is difficult to keep square to a face with the fence. Just a bunch of c..p in my humble opinion. Save your money and get a bench top or a floor mounted jointer. BTW that Dewalt planer is used to thickness the stock (we call the machine a thicknesser in England). The handheld planer is a motorized hand plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I have one that I used to do some preliminary smooth up of a 16" slab that had been free hand cut with a chain saw. It work well for that but I don't think I could get a good flat surface with it and could never get two parallel surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Those little handheld "planers" are really more akin to what a jointer does...except they don't do it very well. Tom's point is the most important...a planer creates a flat face parallel to the other...those little planers won't do that. Even if you miraculously achieve two flat faces on a board, it's almost impossible to avoid creating a wedge. I know some people use them for this or that, but personally I can't think of a tool that would be a bigger waste of drawer space in my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I used one all the time framing decks. It was easier to set hangers at a height and then zip down the high spots. To jump on Eric's thought, I find it to be more site tool than shop tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 I know of one guy who took his turned it upsidown and built a frame and fence for it. He used it for jointing but he builds miniture,s and carvings so he squaring up small boards like 1/2 inch thick 2" wide. He said a full size one had too much power for his tiny pieces this way he had better controll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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