Patrick Irish
09-22-2021, 1:09 PM
I've got a Powermatic similar to below. Pm160 16" 3 blade. It was a 3 phase but after a VFD popped I swapped a new baldor 5hp single phase and new magnetic starter in. Works great. A little bit of a pain to fine tune to eliminate snipe I feel. I do like the variable feed rate.
That said, I've always wanted to a 20" and newer 20" planers take up less space and have better dust collection. My pm160 came with a huge 8" hood that my dust collector can't really keep up with.
I don't know what my planer would sell for BUT I've seen them listed from $1200 up to $4,000.
If I could sell it for $3000, I'd probably be willing to spend the extra on a new with warranty spiral 20" from laguna, powermatic or maybe grizzly. There's 20" 4 blade grizzly locally for $1400 which seems high for only a 3hp machine. I read that 3hp is too small if a conversion to spiral was an option. Plus I'd have to figure out how to move it.
I'm just a hobbyist BUT noticed when I batch cutting boards during production I always get bummed I can't make them bigger then say 15" wide.
Think I'm waisting my time in selling it? I have a small benchtop 13" I've been using since I've been too busy to work on the powermatic to get the snipe out.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/mxmg9a5.jpg
That said, I've always wanted to a 20" and newer 20" planers take up less space and have better dust collection. My pm160 came with a huge 8" hood that my dust collector can't really keep up with.
I don't know what my planer would sell for BUT I've seen them listed from $1200 up to $4,000.
If I could sell it for $3000, I'd probably be willing to spend the extra on a new with warranty spiral 20" from laguna, powermatic or maybe grizzly. There's 20" 4 blade grizzly locally for $1400 which seems high for only a 3hp machine. I read that 3hp is too small if a conversion to spiral was an option. Plus I'd have to figure out how to move it.
I'm just a hobbyist BUT noticed when I batch cutting boards during production I always get bummed I can't make them bigger then say 15" wide.
Think I'm waisting my time in selling it? I have a small benchtop 13" I've been using since I've been too busy to work on the powermatic to get the snipe out.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/mxmg9a5.jpg