CRAFTSMAN Planer, 15 Amp, For Benchtops, Two Knife Solid Steel Cutter Head (CMEW320)

Dust collector was broken and thumb screws were missing. Everything else was fine. Love the planer. Works great. Just miss dust collector and thumb screws. Very easy to set up. Tim

Built a screened in porch for my wife and needed to plane the trim I made on the sawmill. After borrowing a friend's much heavier planer and wrestling with it for hours I decided to buy one of my own. I have always found Craftsman hand tools to be quality products so after reviewing I decided to go with this one. I have to say so far I am very pleased. The unit is heavy enough to stay put when used but light enough not to break my back moving it. The four holes in the base also give you a easy point to bolt the unit down. I have put about 1200 board foot through this unit and it is still cutting as well as, if not better than, my friends three knife brand. The measurements appear accurate and the shavings collector all work well. If I had one issue it would be the placement of the power cord at the front left of unit. A side placement would seem more practical and out of the way. This is a quality planer that looks as if it will last the long haul. I will let you know in a future post about ease of blade replacement and cleaning. Well done Craftsman.

Works really well. Good value for the money.

Do not confuse this with a high end planer. It is an entry-level machine, but works surprisingly well for the cost. If you only have ocassional need and don't mind a bit of nsipe, it's a good choice.

The media could not be loaded. Hub's and I set up the new craftsman bench top 15amp planer. Very easy to set up, all we had to do was add the handle and plug it in. We took it for a test drive with a 2x4, 1x3 treated board and a cedar fence. This thing is AWESOME! The wood was nice and smooth.. took the rounded edges off with ease. Love that it can take large boards and it's easy to adjust. My only complaint is that there is a snipe at the end of the wood. It's like the board hopped or something pushed the blade down more when you first insert the wood...🤷‍♀️ Not sure how to fix that. Guess we need to research how to correct that, but other than that, it works perfectly! This is going to save me so much time and headaches! Time to read the instructions!Update: snipe is easy to fix. Make sure the board is being inserted straight. Don't make deep cuts all that once, do smaller passes multiple times to help prevent snipe

right out of the box this saw ran perfectly after minor assembly, also there was no snipping and worked like a charm. would highly recommend this planer to anyone looking for one but don't want to spend a ton of money.

Awesome! My son is a woodworker and he is very happy about the quality and performance!Craftsman is still my #1 choice!Great quality!

A great addition to your tool collection it is small but powerful it leaves a very smooth surface just remember just a little bit at a time and it’s light weight and easy to move I still haven’t figured out how to properly use the dust collector so I just use it outside and let the dust and chips go where they wantI’ve got some one hundred and fifty plus year old seasoned black walnut that I ruff cut with my chainsaw and after I plane it down it leaves it as smooth as glass it is so beautiful when I’m done shaping all of it the things that I’m going to make with it boggles my mind 🤔🤔🤔