sullyscroller Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well after 6 years and probably 50,000 ft of wood run thru her my dewalt planer finally gave in. Not without a major scare on my part for sure. The main bearing for the knifes destroyed itself with a racket to wake the dead. She was a great planer but not fixable cost wise. I'm looking at getting the Porter Cable one that Lowes sells, anyone have feedback on it ? I know it can't match my Dewalt but money is tight and lately i am only running pine thru the planer. Hope to get a new one after the new year starts. Thanks sully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sully have you looked at Ereplacementparts.com and actually checked what the price of the parts for the planer would be? If you have the aptitude and the tools you might wish to go that route before purchasing a new planer. Porter Cable is ok however the company was recently added to the Black and Decker family of companies so it is not what it once was, much like the type 1 and type 2 Dewalt 788 scroll saws where the type 1 was built by the US and the Type 2 was built overseas to the lowest bidder. If you do decide to get a new one the Porter Cable would definitely do the job. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have never priced Planer's.I do know Porter Cable is a good brand.Not as good as DeWalt.But a good brand.My last and Present Scroll Saw was and is a Poreter Cable The last one,lasted me 4 yrs and thats running it every day,5 to 6 hrs Sundays Saturdays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sorry to hear about the planer sully!.......I hope the next one serves you as well as the Dewalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullyscroller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sully have you looked at Ereplacementparts.com and actually checked what the price of the parts for the planer would be? If you have the aptitude and the tools you might wish to go that route before purchasing a new planer. Porter Cable is ok however the company was recently added to the Black and Decker family of companies so it is not what it once was, much like the type 1 and type 2 Dewalt 788 scroll saws where the type 1 was built by the US and the Type 2 was built overseas to the lowest bidder. If you do decide to get a new one the Porter Cable would definitely do the job. DW When the bearing went it tore up Jack, Jill, and all their cousins. Just the knife bar is over $100 ,then blades at $60, bearing at $20 and i don't know if the bearing race and housing is damaged. Thank God all the parts stayed in the planer when she blew up. sully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sounds like you got your moneys worth out of it.That'a a heck of alot of wood to be planning.Are you a saw mill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAINERES BUT I BOUGHT A PORTER CABLE SCROLL SAW AND IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 7 MONTH AND IT LITTERLY FELL APART. iT WAS A PIECE OF JUMK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me5269 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sully, have you checked craigslist. there's a dewalt 733 in Maryville for $150 Posted yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kardar2 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I read an article (review) and it said do NOT BUY The ones with the two shafts. Make all 4 corners have a shafts they have better accuracy. And the more knives are better. sullyscroller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullyscroller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sully, have you checked craigslist. there's a dewalt 733 in Maryville for $150 Posted yesterday I did see that Mike when i looked this mornin. If it's still there after new years i might look into it. sully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullyscroller Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sounds like you got your moneys worth out of it.That'a a heck of alot of wood to be planning.Are you a saw mill? Not a sawmill but to get the pallet wood down to the size i need the boards need to go thru the planer about 4 times and i run about a pickup truck load at a time. so each board is 14' long x 4" and gets planed at least 4 times and a truckload is about 100 boards ,so my calculator says 5600 ft. per truckload. Thats linear ft. of coarse not board ft. Thats a mess of saw dust chips sully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Check the price of replacement blades I know here in the Vancouver area ridgid blades is the cheapest and I think one portable planer is as good as the other Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkas Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Well after 6 years and probably 50,000 ft of wood run thru her my dewalt planer finally gave in. Not without a major scare on my part for sure. The main bearing for the knifes destroyed itself with a racket to wake the dead. She was a great planer but not fixable cost wise. I'm looking at getting the Porter Cable one that Lowes sells, anyone have feedback on it ? I know it can't match my Dewalt but money is tight and lately i am only running pine thru the planer. Hope to get a new one after the new year starts. Thanks sully I wouldn't get a Porter Cable. They don't even fetch a good price on the used market. Your might look for a good used Ridgid. I picked up one for under $300 that was very lightly used. I think the owner used it on a few household projects. It even had the original box. The cutters are double sided and pretty inexpensive. A more expensive choice would be a used or new Dewalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hey Sully, wood chips here sell for almost as much as lumber. Big plants us them to heat with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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