I've been searching the site but I think it's hurting as much as helping. I would consider myself a new woodworker. I have a Ridgid TS3660, the Freud $99 router they had on sale recently and that's it for now. I found a local sawmill going out of business. They had hard maple for $1.60/bf, soft maple for $1.40/bf and ash for $1.20/bf, so i bought 200 bf of the maples and 150bf of the ash for no other reason than it was a good price. I had always planed on getting a planer but now I need one for this lumber. I plan on building a router table & using it as a jointer for now to save money and would like to not break the bank with a planer so I guess i looking for advise on the portable planers. Is the TP305 they have on the lowe's site for $239 good enough?