Do you have a specific use for a planer? Or do you just want one?
I went 20 years without a planer and then one day in Sears they had one on special. It was too good a buy to pass up so I bought it.
It was a year before I used it. Just needed to make a piece of wood thinner probably. I have used it in the years since and it does what I have needed. Mostly cleaning up after re-sawing or making thinner boards. Seldom buy any unfinished wood as not much even available around here.
George
I went 20 years without a planer and then one day in Sears they had one on special. It was too good a buy to pass up so I bought it.
It was a year before I used it. Just needed to make a piece of wood thinner probably. I have used it in the years since and it does what I have needed. Mostly cleaning up after re-sawing or making thinner boards. Seldom buy any unfinished wood as not much even available around here.
George