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Delta ShopMaster TP305 15 Amp 12-1/2-Inch Portable Planer, 120-Volt | 
| Brand: Delta
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $433.07
Buy New: $250.29
You Save: $182.78 (42%)
Rating:  30 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 64
Dimensions (in): 23 x 17 x 15
MPN: TP305
Model: TP305
UPC: 069554305504
EAN: 0069554305504
ASIN: B0007DFWR6
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 12-1/2-inch portable planer; double-sided knives for twice the life; folding, adjustable infeed and outfeed | | • | 15 amp, 120-volt motor; 2-knife, quick-change cutterhead elevated on precision-grounded columns | | • | Cast-iron and ball-bearing construction; solid-steel cutterhead | | • | Includes planer, knife-setting gage, wrench, manual | | • | 15 by 20-1/2 by 23-3/4 inches; 62 pounds; 2-year warranty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
12-1/2", 120V Single Phase Motor Portable Planer, 15A Motor, 8,000 RPM, 16,000 CPM, Cuts 12-1/2" Width & 3/16" To 6" Thick Stock, 26.2FT/Mininum Feed Rate, 2 Knife Cutter Head With High Speed Steel Double Edged, Reversible Knives, Knife Setting Gauge, Poly V Belt Drive With Gearbox Chain Sprocket, Wood Return Roller, Urethane Feed Roller, English Metric Scale, 2 Adjustable Table Extensions, Manual, Use #492-165 Planer Blade Knives, #50-326 Stand, #50-445 Dust Connector, #22-563 Drive Belt12" Portable Planer, 2 Detachable Table Extensions, Instruction Manual, 2 Year Warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Snipe, yes - but look at the price May 28, 2008
Road Warrior (California)
I hesitated to buy this planer because of the concerns about snipe. Does it snipe? Absolutely - about 1.5" - 2" on each end. But since I use it like once every two months, I don't mind taping "guide pieces" to the side of my boards to eliminate that snipe.
If I were a professional, I'd never buy this planer. But as a weekend warrior who uses it occasionally, putting up with a little snipe and getting a machine for $300 less than the top rated portable seems like a reasonable trade-off. Is it a great planer? No. It's a Delta, for crying out loud. Which means it's built and marketed with an attitude that seems to say "We do what we think is best for our bottom line - and try our very best never to let actual paying customer preferences get in our way." Don't believe me? Look at their instructions - which look like something from the 1950's and are about as helpful as crossword puzzle.
Anyway, I gave it 4 stars for value, not performance.
delta planer May 18, 2008
kenny (rockport tx.)
I bought the 12" shopmaster planer and it does a good job, except for the sniping of the board ends. I found that if I feed strips of wood on either side of board, on entry and exit of board it about eliminates the snipe. I hope this will be helpful to someone.
 TP305 planer May 9, 2008
ram (florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Awesome!! Should have bought this a long time ago. Be sure to get the planer connect #50-359 and use with a shop-vac. Keeps the shavings at a minimum.
tp305 April 5, 2008
Frank Groves
A great planer/surfacer for the money. I wish that it had a better way to aim the shaving chute as it throws shavings all over the shop. Otherwise it is very useful and at the lowest price anywhere.
Other than the snipe.... January 19, 2008
Brian Shaw (Falmouth, Maine USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this planer from Amazon a few days ago and and used it for the first time today to plane some 1" x 7' red oak planks down to 3/4". As many others have noted, the snipe is pretty bad, but the solution is just to buy your lumber longer than needed (by about 8"). Other than that, it does a lovely job; clean, smooth and accurate. Since I knew about the snipe issue beforehand and was willing to accept the compromise in favor of affordability, I am very pleased.
BTW, if you don't have a dust collector, buy one if you're going to use a planer. Planing just four planks filled my Delta 50-760 collector's dust bag 1/3! If I'd used just a shop vac, I'd have had to empty it two or three times.
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