DEWALT DW678K 3-1/4-Inch Heavy Duty Planer Kit

I bought the 675 in 1994, and it has been a "go to" tool on many a binding doors, warped studs (instead of taking a cicular saw, cutting halfway through hitting it with a framing hammer and nailing another 2x4 to it for straightness. I've been using the 675 for 12 years without so much as a hiccup from the tool.

The major problem I got with my planer is that it does'n have a base for stationary use. Bosch does! I would like to know when DeWalt will design one?

I have got a lot of use out of this tool. Used it to turn a bunch of construction grade lumber into dimensional lumber for about 60 feet of porch railing on a restoration house. Never could get a hand planer to work and this is my first power planer so my opinion is limited, but it does everything I expect. After planing four sides of a 2x2 you need to soften the edges because they are so sharp. It snipes 1-2 inches at the end of the cut -- ? This may be normal for power planers, I don't know. GREAT storage case. Manual/instructions only big complaint -- twenty pages and after the safety instructions (don't use tool in the bathtub) and five translations I still have no idea what I am supposed to do with a 1x3 piece of metal that came with the kit.

After reading the one and only review I can only assume that I got lucky with a square Dewalt hand planer. To start off I wish all my power tools (some of which cost hundreds more) came with the high class storage case the planer did. For flattening large areas or truing up and squaring long stock this planner makes loads of wood chips fast. I wouldn't use this plane for finish work on cabinets or furniture because it moves so fast that with one mistake your project would be toast. Norm probably wouldn't have this type of plane in his shop preferring the craftsmanship of the hand planes. However for those of us who work and don't have the luxury of spending hours making a large table top flat this is a real time and labor saver.

The DeWalt service center finally called. They ordered me yet another planer. It had the same problem. There are apparently significant quality control problems with this unit which is made in Germany for DeWalt. They suggest getting a different DeWalt planer.