Customer Reviews for DEWALT 15 Amp Corded 13 in. Planer

Weighing in at nearly 50 lbs, this compact bench top planer is a beast to wrangle. The manufacturer's advice to mount it to a coupon of plywood is great advice, although the inclusion of compatible mounting fasteners would have saved me the task of digging through my jar of disorganized machine bolts. Once up and running though, it cuts through tough lumber like butter - even rock-hard, century old black walnut. I found the addition of the optional, very sturdy folding table useful, even for small parts as it eliminates snipe. I found this to be a great all-round reliable and easy-to-use unit right out of the box. You'll need a good chip/ dust collector and some hearing protection.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Works great. Only downside is planer blades (which aren’t cheap) become dull fairly quickly, especially doing lots of hardwood. Still beats a hand plane!

Great planer

To start, the dial to stop the minimum thickness is totally inaccurate. The measurement dial is not that accurate either. The bottom plate is separated from the base (bad adhesive?) and curls up on the sides which is not exactly helping with maintaining the thickness. Last, but not least, the port for dust is getting blocked causing a backup for the dust to just pile up in the planeing area. Customer service (I'm still in 90 days) has been as little help as possible from DeWalt or HD.

The dewalt 13-inch thickness planer is a great entry for household planners. I build a lot of cutting boards and needed to refinish 1200sq ft of trim around a house and the planner did great. It saved me a lot of time sanding by just removing a small amount of material to get back to virgin wood.

The best planer in the market

Wonderful piece of equipment. No need to sand after running your material through.

First time using a planer. Setup was easy and operated perfectly.

Does a great job, mills boards smooth with little to no snipe. I milled some 4” posts for an outdoor table that turned out great.

Very fast shipping and very good care of my planer

Works fine. Too bad it’s made in China

Pleased with its performance thus far

Infeed broke within 3 weeks of purchase

Very easy to use. Cuts smoothly. Very heavy, 92 pounds, does not vibrate on the tabletop that I place it on when using.

I am trying to remove the chain tensioner so I can replace the belt (after 17 years, it failed) but the PHILLIPS screw stripped and I can't get it removed. First, why is it a PHILLIPS instead of an allen head screw (like the rest of the screws in the machine)? Second, its so tight it feels like thread lock was used (the 2 4mm allen screws also seemed to have thread lock because they "popped" when broken). If so, what were you thinking? Good thing I was able to use the allen wrench to put some torque on the screw so it would loosen. Third, now that the tensioner screw is stripped, I've tried several techniques to get the screw out - but I can't get the screw to budge. Any ideas how to remove this screw without damaging the screw receptacle?

The Planer arrived quicker than Home Depot said. It’s my first planer and very easy to use. The only issue is the port for the woodchips didn’t fit on my shop vac. I’d recommend getting some tubing or a bigger hose because it spits a lot of woodchips out Other than that it is a good planer.

I'm replacing the armature and field for the third time! Of course, as I had it for more than a year Dewalt will not help. Their new slogan should be, "Dewalt, high-end prices for low-end tools."

DeWalt has proven once again why they are the leaders in the portable job site tool. It runs super smooth and is dialed in out of the box. My only regret is that I waited so long to get it. I bought the solo 13" planer version for 599 and bought the in and out feed shelves on line for 49, I customized and made my own cart and I am extremely happy with the results. If you are waiting to buy, do it now.

Very powerful and versatile planer for the price.

very good, fast ship

just one project so far, but nice job!