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More time cleaning than working
OK so apart from the knives becoming dull within 1 hour of starting this machine up, I feel it is necessary to comment on the poor dust evacuation. I use this planer with a high powered dust collector connected at all times. For some reason I am constantly having to remove the case and manually clean out the cogs and chain as they have become so clogged that turning the depth adjuster is impossible. I don't know if I am the only person who seems to have this problem.
I would not recommend this planer as it seems to be the proverbial money pit with regards to new blades and constant repairs, not to mention wasted man hours.

It's Plane Great
After my Delta 12" Thickness Planer casting Cracked, I was in need of a medium duty Planer and I've had lots of good experience with Dewalt stuff..( May the Delta quality curse not affict this new aquisiton of their's as others have succommened in the past)I have run thick and thin stock through it and it seems to be holding up well. I have one just like it at my other job and it's done well also.The knives are also very easy to change, a characteristic I have come to demand lately on my Thicknerss Planers and Jointers.And it arrived very quick and in good working order. Thanks much

Still waiting to change blades
I bought this planer and a spare set of blades 2 years ago, I haven't even reversed the original blades yet!! I have put over 200 sq feet. of Paduk and 75 of Brazil cherry through this machine along with some Oak and Popular. You can guess how many times you have to run rough lumber through so as too keep it as thick as possable. Sure you can hog it down a 1/16 of a inch at a time if its popular ,but dont try that with a 12" wide board of Brazil cherry. To sum it up , I couldn't be happyer with this machine. Can you believe it still leaves a great finish !!

not for subcontractor
I purchased this planer after having a Ridgid 12" portable planer for approx. 6 years. Out of the box, the Dewalt worked great and was giving great smooth finishes on any oak or maple I ran thru it. Had to purchase the infeed and outfeed table because of snipe and the dust collection hose for a trash can. Eventually the housing busted for the fan that extracted the shavings out of it, which would create an enormous amount of shaving build up inside of the machine, which resulted in taking it apart and blowing it out constantly. Shortly thereafter, a couple of the teeth on the chain sprockets broke which hindered the raising and lowering of the head. All this happened in about 4 months. I am a trim carpenter subcontractor, building cabinets on site in new construction residential high-end homes. I think if it was in a homeshop for personal use, it would be great but not for constant professional use. I owned my much cheaper Ridgid planer for a MUCH longer amount of time with no problem, but was wanting to upgrade to something nicer. Looks like I need to bust the ol' Ridgid back out and return the Dewalt.

Best lunchbox around.
This is my favorite tool in the shop above a Delta TS and Jet jointer. The results in terms of accuracy and finish are near perfect. You could spend much more on a planer but this guy does the job for hobbiest. I had about 200+ bdft of rough walnut/poplar and cedar on the first sides of my blades and am happy with how long that last.