DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phase

by DELTA

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The DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-inch Planer comes with a powerful 1-phase 5 HP 220-volt 1-phase motor with magnetic motor starter and automatic reset overload protection, a 3-knife cutterhead, a sectional serrated infeed roll, double bed rollers, a polyurethane outfeed roll, sectional chip-breakers, a dust chute, a knife-setting gauge, and a wrench. This planer's up-front controls include a handy lever for instantly engaging and disengaging feed rolls and push-button on/off switch. Other features include a large, precision-ground table with two adjustable bed rolls for smooth feeding of uneven stock, and a large-diameter, micro-adjustable bed roll lever easily raises and lowers bed rollers for quick setups. An included sectional serrated steel infeed roller with sectional chip breakers also assists in planing uneven stock. Conveniently placed to the right, a large hand wheel with locking knob adjusts table height and a sectional serrated steel infeed roller with sectional chip breakers planes uneven stock. This planer is capable of a maximum stock width of 20 inches, a maximum stock thickness of 8-5/8 inches, a minimum stock thickness of 11/64 inches, a maximum depth of cut of 1/8 inches, a planing width of 20 inches, and a minimum length of stock of nine inches. This planer's cutter head operates at 5,000 RPM and provides a feed rate of 20-to-30 FPM and has as a table size of 22 x 28 inches. Weighing 840 pounds, this planer measures 32 x 44.5 x 49 inches.

From the Manufacturer

For woodworking, cabinet, boat-building, and timber frame shops sizing rough-sawn stock. Delta’s 22-450 20 inch planer includes a single phase, 5 hp motor; three-knife, 5,000 RPM cutter head; sectional serrated in-feed roller; double bed rollers, polyurethane out-feed roller; sectional chip-breakers; 6 inch dust chute, and knife-setting gauge. Up-front controls include a feed-roller lever. The large precision-ground table contains two adjustable bed rollers. The micro-adjustable bed roller lever adjusts bed rollers for quick set-ups. A large, locking hand wheel adjusts table height. Maximum stock width is 20 inches; maximum thickness is 8 5/8 inches. The 22-450 can plane wide-plank and rough timber at a feed rate of 20-30 feet per minute. Delta offers a 5 year warranty.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 44.5 x 30 x 45 inches ; 953 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 990 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00004THZG
• Item model number: 22-451
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,800 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A decent planer. Not quite industrial, but certainly not a hobby tool., July 20, 2006

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Jon Preston (Dublin, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phase (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have owned this planer for about 4 years now. I have modified the machine to include a Byrd Tool Shelix cutterhead which has made life much easier. I haven't had to even rotate a single four sided carbide cutter insert after over a year. The planer is quite particular when it comes to precesion adjustment of the infeed roller, chip bars, pressure bar and outfeed roller. I have purchased a micrometer "Z-axis" setting tool (commonly sold to setup CNC routers) to make these precise adjustments with very good results. In addition, the bed rollers are quite difficult to adjust precisely, and the use of the micrometer feed/beed roller adjustment gauge is a blessing. The bed rollers would be far easier to adjust if the had used a fine thread adjustment bolt (like is used on all the rollers above). I guess my next modification will be to find a way to enable an easier, more precise bed roller adjustment. If you want to get a 20" planer that doesn't require all this attention, be prepared to spend to spend several thousand more $$. The only manufacturing flaw I have found was that one side of the outfeed pressure bar was tight in it's sliding fitting which caused it to stick sometimes. That resulted it occasional feeding problems when the pressure bar was stuck. I had to disassemble it and polish the mating surfaces to get a good sliding fit: problem solved. In comparison to the generic 4 column powermatic/general/grizzly/etc Taiwanese (hobby) planer, this thing is easily worth the extra $$. My brother has the 20" generic Powermatic (with a solid infeed roller) and he would like to turn it into a boat anchor. He said it is "IMPOSSIBLE" to accurately set the bed rollers, which renders it useless for precision work, and for preventing snipe.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars one greasy machine, January 14, 2010

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sawdust "amateur woodworker" (S. Hadley, MA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phase (Tools & Home Improvement)

I purchased this item with the hope that I would be able to plane larger panels, especially after glue up. Un-crating and installing the machine on a HTC heavy duty rolling stand was quite a challenge as was removing the greasy stuff that was smeared everywhere. If you purchase this product be extremely careful when removing the grease as you cannot see all of the places where its hiding and if you send your hand or forearm near the cutter you may be injured. The grease is also packed around the cutter blades! After numerous attempts to adjust the segmented in-freed roller it continues to leave indentations on the stock. Delta customer service was of no help in offering advice to fix this problem so if you purchase this machine, you'll be on your own. I believe (but have not confirmed) that the individual segments of the in-feed roller are of different diameter. I was stunned that there is not a safety interlock that prevents the machine from being operated with the top cover open. In my opinion, this is not the machine for near finish work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Metric, July 6, 2011

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Larry - See all my reviews

This review is from: DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phase (Tools & Home Improvement)

I bought one of these planners used and it does the job. My only complaint so far is that it was built with a metric ruler. So I had to finely get metric tools to work on it. Metric bolts, motor shafts etc.