Customer Reviews

Delta 22-565 12-1/2-Inch Planer with Stand

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The planer sets up fast and accurate, with most of my time fiddling with the depth indicator. It certainly spews out a lot of sawdust, so make sure you get/use a dust collector too.
I've had mine for 4 months or so, and have run many board feet through - pine, recycled redwood (one-by's and six-by's), rough milled Cherry (4/4 x 6w and 8/4 x 7.5w), birch, oak, poplar - both hard and soft woods.
The planer has done an outstanding job. The only thing I've had to re-align is the thickness indicator. The infeed and outfeed tables remain level. The head lock mechanism keeps the cutterhead locked and level during planing (even on real thick and long boards that tended to wander a bit during planing). Find out how to feed stock in the correct direction and you'll always get smooth planed surfaces (I take no more than 1/16" bites at a time). Once you learn how to support the ingoing and outcoming boards, snipe is barely apparent if at all.
I'm just through with my first set of blades. Changing them looks easy and fast enough to not be too much of a chore.
This is a great addition to my garage workshop.

I just purchased this planer two weeks ago. I cannot imagine doing any kind of woodworking without one. I have been making maple butcher blocks out of S2S 4/4 maple stock. Some of my glue joints have been spotty at best and the average board height has been off considerably. With the Delta, I can get perfect joints and uniform height on all my rails. Now I am moving into full sized maple countertops. The 22-565 chews 6/4 maple and spits out a perfectly smooth 1 3/8" X 2" X 60" rail with no problems. Snipe is no problem at all and the depth guide was right on. Assembly was basic and straight forward. Dad and I unpacked that planer and were using it within an hour.
As a side note, as stated before, buy adequate hearing protection. When planing wide maple or other hard wood, it is deafening.

I've had this planer for about 4 months and it has paid for itself with the money I have saved on buying rough cut lumber. It setup easily out of the box. The only thing I had to adjust was the height indicator. It was off about an 1/8" but this was easily corrected and has stayed true since then.

The rough cut hardwood lumber I run through comes out looking as good as the finished lumber I could buy from my local home improvement store. I actually have started running the top choice #2 pine I get through my planer because it requires a lot less sanding after.

I have very little problems with snipe and no problems with anything else. This was a great buy and probably one of the very best machines in my shop.

I've been using my new Delta for about a week now. Right out of the box it's performed flawlessly. The only thing that required adjustment was the height indicator. It was out about 1/32". This was quickly and easily remedied by resetting the indicator. Other than that, the setup was quick and painless, instructions are clear and concise. The bonus stand is a plus. I'm going to order the dust chute immediately and should have done it at the same time !! Strongly recommnend dust collection as this piece can sure create a pile of debris in a hurry.

Only had the Delta 22-565 12-1/2" Planer with Stand for two days. Tested it with a piece of 2x4 and a piece of oak wood. It did a great job. Don't dare use it again until I get the advertised Dust Collector Chute for it - accumulates dust/chip mighty quickly!
To eliminate possibility of missing or overlooking parts bags, I wish separate bags of parts would be put in one single bag - less chance of overlooking needed bag of parts, e.g. nuts & bolts, etc.
Being only a casual "wood worker", I am impressed with this machine.

The stand is good. That's the best I can say. After purchasing this planer and using it maybe 3 times it stopped feeding the stock. I had to push on the boards to get them to move through the tool. Well, the local shop "fixed" it twice then I returned it. It never worked well. The blades are also [poor]. They nick very easily.

I had this for a while...it works fine. It should have included the dust chute though.

The surface finish is ok...but you will need to plane/scrape/sand any wood run through it. I get some snipe but nothing unexpected.

I have used this product extensively for about a year. I have run some pretty heavy stuff through it--8/4 maple and a fair bit of 8/4 and 6/4 teak. I am on my second set of blades and have not had any serious problems. The stand is a nice add, but it is difficult to put on wheels without spending a fortune on pre-made caster set up. I ended up building a solid wood box with casters from home depot that is much sturdier. All in all, I think for the extra 100 bucks, I would go with the 13", 2 speed. It makes the 12" width stock work much better and it looks like a slightly heavier product, which is usefull when running 8/4 or any long stock.

I recently purchased a Delta 22-565 Planer and it is all I expected except one. I had the impression that all Delta brand tools were made in USA and their offshore tools had a different name. Well, was I surprised to see a "MADE IN TAIWAN" on the planer. Other than that it is all it is made out to be in the many reviews of this machine. I haven't used it extensively bur when I did, it performed flawlessly. Live and learn...

I just fired up this planner for the first time. everything worked fine for the first 10 1 X 6 cedar boards. then the feed roller stopped. turns out the drive sprocket for the roller is in about 8 small pieces; after only 10 boards! not real impressive to say the least. will see what delta has to say tomorrow.