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Curt Doles
07-29-2008, 9:12 PM
My daily routine of watching Craigslist paid off last week. I found this Jet 15" planer for $500. It had never been assembled or turned on. I got a 220 line run yesterday and fired it up today after a lot of adjusting. It is awesome.
It's replacing a Dewalt 735 that has been a good planer, I just couldn't pass up the deal. The Dewalt weighs 92 pounds, the Jet is 500 +.
It will take a much bigger cut cleanly and is so quiet.
Here's a couple of pictures.
Curt
Grant Davis
07-29-2008, 9:23 PM
Fantastic score
Shawn Walker
07-29-2008, 9:29 PM
What Grant said!!!
Ken Fitzgerald
07-29-2008, 9:43 PM
Drool!
I'm not the least bit envious.......
Well maybe a little bit........
Great buy!:D
Peter Quinn
07-29-2008, 9:48 PM
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet score!
Bruce Wrenn
07-29-2008, 10:21 PM
Did you put on a mask, and use a gun when YOU STOLE this planer? I have a Delta 15", which I paid $600 for, with extra set of sharp knives.
Rick Fisher
07-29-2008, 10:45 PM
You robbed the guy :)
Steve Nouis
07-30-2008, 5:26 AM
Quiet, is it a spiral head? Steve
Mike Cutler
07-30-2008, 6:35 AM
Nice Curt. Very nice gloat.
I've owned that same planer for a few years now and love the beast. If it's quiet by comparison though. You're previous planer must have been a real screamer.
Nice gloat and excellent score
Curt Doles
07-30-2008, 6:40 AM
Quiet, is it a spiral head? Steve
No, it's not. I'm guessing the mass of this type of planer reduces noise quite a bit. Or the fact its a conventional electric motor mounted in a cabinet below the device.
It's not much noisier cutting than idling.
With the Dewalt, and I'm not bad mouthing the Dewalt, I wore foam earplugs and muffs over top.
I did not take a weapon to the sale!
Curt
George Sanders
07-30-2008, 7:08 AM
$500 for a NEW 15" planer?!:eek: Great score! I know what you mean about those benchtop screamers.
Don Bullock
07-30-2008, 8:14 AM
Fantastic score. Congratulations. I've seen some set ups where the DW 735 was mounted on top of a planer similar to that one. The posters said that both planers came in handy for some things.
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