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While we lust for a 20″ monster, most woodworkers would be just as well off (or better) with a ‘suitcase planer.’
When I started woodworking in about 1993, I wanted two things: a table saw with a decent rip fence and the biggest thickness planer on the planet.
In my opinion, planers are the biggest labor-saving device ever invented for the workshop.
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