[QUOTE=CroFlames;7688560]Thanks again for the info kind internet stranger. I will mostly be building furniture, and I want to try different hard wood species. Speed is not a factor for me since wood work is a hobby for me and it's my excuse to unplug while I'm doing it evenings and weekends. My priority is the quality of the surface the planer produces. I've been leaning toward the DeWalt benchtop, but it doesn't have a helical head so I started wondering about quality. Maybe traditional knives are good enough and a scrape or sand will take care of the rest.
I started with a bench top planer but soon traded it off. I do all my thicknessing with a drum sander (delta 1836) so no more worries about grain tear out on expensive wood.
I am strictly hobby worker myself, have never sold anything. It’s real easy to give stuff away..
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