Buy DELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phaseDELTA 22-451 DC-580 20-Inch 5 Horsepower Planer, 220-Volt 1 phase Product Description:
- Up-front controls include a handy lever for instantly engaging and disengaging feed rolls and push-button on/off switch
- Large precision-ground table contains two adjustable bed rolls for smooth feeding of uneven stock
- Large-diameter, micro-adjustable bed roll lever easily raises and lowers bed rollers for quick set-ups. Conveniently placed to the right, a large hand wheel with locking knob adjusts table height
- Sectional serrated steel infeed roller with sectional chip breakers for planing uneven stock
- Weighs 840 pounds; measures 32 x 44.5 x 49 inches
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
A decent planer. Not quite industrial, but certainly not a hobby tool.
By Jon Preston
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
one greasy machine
By sawdust
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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Metric
By Larry
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.
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