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Bosch 3296 3-1/4-Inch Planer

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I own a large home and am remodeling it top to bottom. I recently purchased twenty doors that need to be installed throughout my home. Some of the doors do not fit and needed to be planed down to fit. I own several cast iron wood hand planes, but due to the extent of the work involved, I thought a power plane would be the best method of accomplishing this task.

I looked at Milwaukee, Porter Cable, Makita and Bosch power planes before I settled on the Bosch Model 3296K. It comes with a steel carrying case, a fence attachment and a rabebtring depth stop. It is lighter than the rest of the models I looked at.

In use, it runs very quitely, has an easy to use adjustment knob on the front to adjust the depth of cut, 1 mm at a time. The plane comes equipped with carbide blades that held up very well.

The front shoe of the plane has a v-groove cut into it to allow for chamfers to be cut.

I installed twenty doors and all of them needed some tweaking. The cuts were smooth and effortless.

I would reccommend this plane, Bosch #3296K, to anyone looking to but a power planer.