A nice Planer from Jet...Arrives assembled, ready to use within minutes after arrival. Cuts efficiently, I like the top rollers for moving your stock quickly back into feed. We milled Log Slabs one afternoon, taking just a few minutes from "chainsaw cut" down to "ready for final sanding".

I have been very pleased with this planer, although it is not a daily use tool for me, I feel it has performed well.

The only thing that causes any problem is that the feed table raises and lowers with thickness adjustments (Rather than the cutter assembly)...So I cannot easily build an outfeed table, since it too, would have to move with the planer table. Therefore, it is necessary to have two people planing large pieces.

But, a good planer for the price...and free shipping! That makes it tough to beat.

First off, I'm not taking a star away, just pointing out, THIS DOES NOT COME WITH A PLUG! It has wires for one, but you'll need to buy a compatible plug and wire it yourself or go the direct wire route. I can't tell you much about this step, as a dear friend of mine did it for me.

This is the most expensive machine in my shop, only to soon be slightly surpassed by my future lathe purchase. I'm so glad I went through with it. It comes precisely configured. The only thing you'll really have to do is assemble a handle, attach the roller infeed/outfeed extensions, attach the dust duct, and deal with the plug, which i explained earlier.

I have used it a few dozen times now, and have consistently gotten roughly milled lumber down to 1,000th to 100th of an inch variance in height. Practically unnoticeable. That super small variance could have many explanations, but I'm happy with it ^_^.

Edit, ived used it for almost 55 hours now. I do notice more variation in the accuracy. Overall though I still love and recommend it. I've used it a lot for getting cutting boards and table tops down to the right height.

Looked for a long time at making this purchase and this was the best price that I had found. The planer was shipped within two days and the driver even put it in my shop for me. Set it up and run some stock through the machine and WOW what a nice planer could not be happier.

It's done an excellent job plenty of power. I've planned some 20 inch wide cedar boards that were 2 inches thick it handled them with no problem.

Fortunately this beast comes fully assembled except for the infeed and outfeed table and arrived in excellent shape due to the good crating at the factory. It is already setup at the factory and I did not have to make any adjustments. Operation is intuitive and fit and finish on the machine is very nice. The only problem I saw was on my first use. A large chip of wood flew up and hit the outbound chip deflector and broke it because it is made of plastic. Personally I think it should have been made of metal to avoid this problem as I think it will happen again. On the plus side, I called JET and they were very helpful and happy to send the replacement part without any argument. Even with the plastic chip deflector I would highly recommend this machine for several reasons. First, it does a great job as a planer with a full 20" planing width (the blades are a little wider than 20"), second, I find it well assembled and a heavy duty machine, third, obviously great support after the sale, and fourth, I couldn't beat Amazon's price anywhere and you can't get any better deal than free freight especially since we are talking over 700 lbs.