Dave Hoskins
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Back in the day when I built furniture I had one of those 20" Grizzly planers with the spiral head cutters, 220v single phase. But, when I went to just turning and moved up to where I am now I sold it as well as some of the other heavy tools that I saw no real need for. And, I really didn't want to move them. Lately I have been piddling with some small projects for myself and decided I needed a small planer so did a little looking and bought this Porter Cable PC 305TP. It's kinda small as it only does 12" but that good enough for me. The cost was fine ($269) and Lowe's had 3 or so in stock. Now some may remember that one of the things you looked for in a planer was whether it said it was self feeding. The lower cost ones usually were not. I actually was not expecting this one to be self feeding as nothing in the description or specs online said it was. Well, it is and that is even nicer. It's not overly heavy weighing I think it said 65 lbs. so easily moved around. So, if someone is looking for a small one, I recommend this little gem. It has done some pecan and red oak for me very nicely.