Originally Posted by
Frank Martin
One thing to realize is that the benchtop planers are awfully noisy and alsp have a shorter life span than stationaly planers. When I first started I had the Delta benchtop and upgraded to a floor unit very quickly. My opinion is that being a benchtop it is too much additional money to put a shelix head on a Dewalt planer. I am not sure how small is your space but it may be a good idea to look and see how you can fit in a floor model or a combo jointer / planer. In my prior house I was in a one car garage and had a 12" jointer / planer combo, a Unisaw, an Oneida Gorilla cyclone in addition to a full size bench etc. Saying this to illustrate it may be possible with some thinking to fit in a larger machine.