WEN 6534 8-Amp Electric Hand Planer, 4-3/8-Inch

I have had for a couple years and no problems. I use all the time, after checking stores and seeing the prices I bought this. Would buy again.

Very nice planer. Plenty of power. Easy to adjust the depth of cut. Does a great job on planks of rough cut boards. We agree that the amount of discharge requires a good vacuum, or use it outside.

It did the required job that I wanted to do.

Works great for what I need I do a little bit of woodworking and it's fine for the money serves it's purpose. Follow the directions and you should be fine nice addition to the box

Easy to setup and use on rough cut lumber. Good quality plastic, doesn’t feel cheap

This is a very nice electric wood planer. The WEN brand has impressed me on their quality of products and the 8 Amp, 4 3/8 inch wood planer is no exception. Yes its a little heavy but its powerful and planes a large path and the extra weight is worth it! I wish I had purchased it a year ago when I first got interested in buying one. I would recommend to anyone looking for a quality wood planer.

Very good at price. Quick and undamaged delivery. Used quickly for 4' oak slab edges, cutting shallow. Did great. I have long arms and strong, so could hold heavier pieces firmly and not wobble. Easy to set up, easy to store on shelf when not in use. I especially like the cylinder cutting blades.

Really enjoy using this hand planer. Haven't put it through too much use to comment on durability, but so far it feels solid, easy to use, leaves a nice clean surface (though the cutting marks can be seen, even if not felt). The tool is quite heavy however, so keep that in mind. One really strange thing is that the guide surface (i.e. flat piece of metal on the bottom) is not smooth, but instead has a circular pattern etched into it. I don't know why they would do that, as it prevents the tool from gliding along smoothly and forces it to stick to the wood. I know some reviewers had issues with the front plate not being aligned properly. Can't say with 100% certainty (I had some doubts in the beginning) but it seems to be properly aligned on mine. Other than that, would be great to see an easy way to turn this into a jointer (see DIY videos on this on YouTube), but that might be wishful thinking. Overall I would definitely recommend this tool, especially at this price. PS: Can't comment on how it compares to the more expensive brands, but I don't imagine those bring 3-4x performance improvement, especially given the width of the planing surface with this WEN.

Maybe it's a good blades, some were little bit rusty, but ok. The main problem is that it's hard to set blade level on tool, blade holder is hard to adjust.

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Hace su trabajo muy bien, robusto y sin tituveos, solo hay que checar bien el ajuste de profundid de corte pero has pruebas antes en maerial de desecho y sin problemas.

Mi primer cepillo electrico, tras pasar la curva de aprendizaje (es muy diferente a un cepillo tradicional), de hecho me ayude, al ver videos en youtube, inicialmente... hasta pensaba que llego defectuoso, pero no, he logrado buenos resultados, sin duda mucho mas rapido que el cepillo manual, ya lo probé con trabajo intenso, y todo bien no se calento. Pequeños detalles en plasticos, la perilla y la base plástica, de profundidad, un poco torcida, algo estético pero no afecta nada funcional, resulta bastante bueno en calidad precio.

I bought this planer back in late July for an upcoming projected. While everything initially looked okay with it, the planer had a defect, which I didn’t discover until past the return date. The front shoe simply wouldn’t horizontally align with the rear shoe and blades, resulting in tilted cuts. I thought it was due to a faulty spring, but even removing that to test the shoe, the tilt remained. While quick in their responses to try and resolve the issue, WEN informed me that they DO NOT COVER SHIPPING FOR INTERNATIONAL ITEMS UNDER WARRANTY. The shipping cost to replace the unit was $4 CAD less than buying another directly from Amazon - and if there was an issue with the replacement unit or the motor dies in 6 months, I’d be in the same situation. There’s an old saying, “If you buy cheap, you buy twice.” In future, I think I’ll stick to the bigger brands, due to the warranty situation.