Customer Reviews

Hitachi P20SB 3-1/4-Inch Heavy Duty Planer

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TODAY (7/11/00) I USED MY PLANER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS REALLY PLEASED HOW VIBRATION FREE IT WAS AND WHAT A SMOOTH CUT IT MADE. THE FURNISHED GUIDE WAS A BIG HELP IN KEEPING THE PLANER AT A NINTY DEGREE ANGLE WHILE RUNNING A EDGE. THERE MAY BE BETTER PLANERS ON THE MARKET BUT FOR WHAT I PAID I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU COULD BUY ONE BETTER FOR THE PRICE. I HAVE OTHER HITACHI TOOLS AND NEVER BEEN DISPLEASED WITH ANY OF THEM.

The Hitachi P20SB 3-1/4 Heavy Duty Planer lives up to its name. The tools has great feel and runs smooth. It really makes the wood chips fly. I was edge planing 80 year old cypress and was impressed with the performance.

This is a great planer I inherited the one I own from my dad. Overall the one that I own is probably about 20 years old and it has never had any problems with it. The blades are easy to change and are realtively inexpensive. The nice thing about having solid steel blades is that they can be resharpened and reused, if you have the right equipment you can do it yourself or they can be sharpened by anyone you sharpens sawblades. It is nice to have several sharp sets of blades on hand. Compared to the makita n1900 make of similar size the plane compares well, when the blades are sharp this plane cuts like no other!

This is a very good buy at the price. It has been being used by my one of my finish crews and is used almost daily. I have had it for about 2 months and have had no problems with it at all.

I used it a minute here, a minute there for a total of no more than 20 minutes and the brush terminal wire connection burnt out. I've owned it for over a year and the warranty is expired. Worked well until then.

The planer workd great, but I cannot find a vaccum attachment. I would like to use it for paint removal, but need a vac attachement. Let me know if this is available