WEN 15 Amp 13 in. Spiral Benchtop Thickness Planer
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Overview and demonstration of the planer, model#. PL1326 Extra teeth for the cutterhead are part# BP510H and new carbon brushes for the motor are PL1326-189. This planer will fit stands 6588T and MSA658.
I was good to see you've kept up in the comments years later for the inevitable longevity question. Glad to hear it's still good after a few years. I may just go for it.
Thank you for going over all the settings and adjustments. It really helps when I'm about to make an investment in a new tool. Definitely a great review.
This is one of the best informational/instructional videos I've seen. Clear and simple explanations on every aspect of the planer made my buying decision comfortable. If Wen didn't pay you for this, they should.
Thanks for the review. I've been considering this planer. Think I'll get it.
You're welcome. This fall I really put a lot of wood through the planer and it operated well.
I got a Cutech 40600 13" planer...its identical to this WEN. The rollers on top, the handle, the bed, the spiral head...they are all made by Shinmax OEM and rebranded by various companies.
I’ve noticed several WEN and even Ryobi power tools appear to be rebranded/licensed. Didn’t know this planet is one of them
I got mine with the 26 inserts made of carbide. 10 packs of carbide inserts are $25, so, for around $75, you can convert this to all-carbide cutters - I don't even scrape off hardened glue anymore - with my old HSS straight blade planer, I got nicks in the blade from hardened glue and hard knots. the carbide inserts pretty much are indestructible !
First time hearing about Cutech. Ty for mentioning them. Kinda fallen in love with wen since a great customer service experience, but will consider looking at them direct in the future.
Seems the cutech planar is $20 more expensive. Have you ever had to deal with warranty issues with cutech?
Shinmax must be a Taiwanese company. If a product is made in Taiwan more likely than not it is quality.
Thanks for posting, you are the first in all of youtube to do the review of the Spiral Planer PL1326 from WEN.
Thanks, very helpful
Helpful info. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for posting the video. You could raise the cutter heads in order to get a better view. Just saying.
Thanks
Buying 10 blades for a machine that has 26 seem like the hot dog and bun theory 😂
Exactly!
I appreciate the comment about planing dirty lumber. With the price of lumber I don't blame people trying to reuse boards though. Perhaps pressure washing the boards first would help mitigate the risk??
Yes, pressure washing would help, at least removing all the dirt which would wear down the cutter heads very quickly.
Pressure washing would introduce water into the wood, and then your wood will be prone to moving and warping. A steel brush, sand paper, and a scraper will do much better.
Have you still been using it? How has it held up over the past year?
I am still using it and just put a lot of rough sawn oak through it for a workbench and planed the wood great. The blades will probably need to be turned soon as they may be getting dull.
Looks like no one has commented to you about the volume level: VERY low.
13:25 is that the correct direction to feel as per the direction of the grain? I always thought the grain direction on the face of the board was the direction the grain color difference points. As simple as that, the point points in the direction of the grain. What I'm unsure of (new, just got the prior model 13" 3 straight blade version) is the rotation direction hitting the board, that direction is the direction the grain should be pointing. So if the rotation as viewed from the right side of the machine is CW then this is correct, but if it's CCW then it's wrong?
I had the board planed downhill in the grain which you cannot see in the video because I read it from the side of the board. From the top, the grain is pointing to me, yes. I find with softwoods, I get a some nicks from tear out no matter how I face it, especially when grain changes direction mid-board. In the last two months, I ran a lot of red oak and walnut through this planer with little regard for direction and had no issues with the oak and minor tear out on the walnut.
@@steveva7591 thanks for the reply. So if the grain has pronounced points then feeding with the grain the points face away from the planer during feeding? I'll need to find more sources on this but I do understand that it's not all-ways, no pun intended, cut and dry.
Also, what's your best setting on the infeed and outfeed table to lesson the snipe. You mentioned 1mm higher than the center table. So "exactly" 1mm any difference required, like 1.2mm outfeed and 1mm infeed? Thank you.
I have it set to roughly 1mm on each side. I still get snipe. I always plane my boards 4-8" longer than I want them to be. I also find when grabbing the outfeed board, if I press down somewhat on the end coming out as I am supporting the board, I get no snipe. It takes some finesse.
@@steveva7591 ah thanks for the reply. I'm new to this...doing some 2x10 pine boards yesterday that were about 3' long I would actually "lift" just a tad on the outfeed because my thinking is that they sag with gravity, resulting in the last bit of board lifting up into the blades. I'll have to try pressing down, seems counter-intuitive but I will try. I'm also trying to determine the safe minimum length I can run into this planer?
Normally wen tools have a place to store the allen keys. Do you know if the jointer has one? I can't seem to find it. My planer had a pretty obvious spot for it.
Yes, on top of the dust collection shroud
@@steveva7591 thank you!!
Looks like a good plane for the money. Wonder how long replacement brushes and blades will be around for
I wouldn't be surprised if this thing uses the exact same cutting inserts as the Rikon 25-130H as well as a handful of other brands like Wahuda.
I hope they are around for awhile. I might buy extras a few years down the line just to have on hand. I dont see any WEN tools on PartsWarehouse so that's not the best sign
So it would be nice to have a model # for the planer
In the description but its PL1326
I will pass on planers with spiral heads.adjust your tables and it will get rid of the snipe
Can you replace the blades with carbide blades instead?
WEN only provides HSS blades from what I can tell so no. I don't know of a carbide replacement.
Any idea if this planer has a locking head?
It does not
How many watts does it draw while in use?
It draws somewhere just north of 10 amps because a shop vac on the same circuit when both are operating will trip it.
I thought they had 4 sides?
Just two. I think it’s to prevent you from cutting fingers and also so they can probably make more money off replacements
I think you're thinking of a helical cutter head. It's slightly different than a spiral cutter
How's it held up for ya?
Fine, I was just using it to rip old paint and stain off some boards and its operating fine. The only maintenance I've done so far is wax the table occasionally. Teeth have stood up fine so far.
@SteveVA that's good news! I was set to get a Dewalt, but I discovered that the dw735 (type 12) has had a lot of problems compared to my old one (type 1). But that's been pretty much everything Dewalt over the past few years.
One thing that concerned me was the nylon roller chain sprockets on the underside. Cheap sprockets always seem to be the first big issue to break on many tools.
Its segmented, not spiral.
This would be a great review if it were audible and not mumbling.
Talking too much no testing no action to demonstrating
Sure but the content is free 🤷♂️
Very hard to hear. Not sure where your mic was.
I am not sure what is wrong. On my phone, my audio is fine but not on my laptop.
I am not sure what is wrong. On my phone, my audio is fine but not on my laptop.
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