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

An absolutely awesome and wide handheld planer with a lot of power and great smooth cutting. Especially for the price!

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.

Noisy but work just you'd expect. No safety features and potentially dangerous tool so be very aware -- only super contentious user should buy. No dust bag. Tool is also very ready and able to take long gouges out of your work piece, so must be careful.

This was a gift for my husband so I wanted to wait before I gave a review. He said it is very good and cuts very well he is very happy with this planar.

It works better than I expected after watching YouTube with other planers, I have been turning $30.00 sheets of plywood into $50.00 sheets of plywood to build cabinets, I was going through boxes of sanding discs, I made one pass with the planer and it laid it down even with ease, it has more power and does a larger area than the big name tools for a fraction of the price and its made well works great I've been buying Wen tools for the last 2 years I've never had problems with any of them, my track saw, plunge saw, palm sanders they are all made well, I would recommend this planer and anything Wen puts their name on.

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I bought the big version to get a little extra weight and length along the sole for flattening longer boards. The longer the the sole is, of course, the flatter the resulting plane created by the cut. I'm using this as an initial cut on a woodworking bench that I'm making out of multiple 2x4 boards. This helps knock off high spots before going to a hand plane or drum sander where more refined removal is necessary to achieve a truly flat surface. My thinking is that with a $60 tool, I'm saving in expensive drum sander sand paper rolls and more importantly, effort.A couple of caveats:1.) Don't buy this if you don't have a shop vac with reasonable capacity. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/RIDGID-50353-1610RV-Stainless-16-Gallon/dp/B011KF547M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1535039347&sr=8-3&keywords=shop+vacuum+rigid2.) The adapter that comes with the planer is not all that great; fits a bit loose. You may want to get an adapter that fits your shop vac hose to the 2" OD of the bidirectional dust chute outlet on the planer.3.) Set your wood/workpiece on sawhorses or on a bench so that your planing is done ergonomically and safely.4.) Apply pressure to the front of the planer as you enter the cut (with no pressure on the back). As the planer works through the middle of the cut, let the weight of the tool apply the pressure. As you exit the cut (likely at the end of a board) retain pressure at the back of the planer (with no pressure on the front). This will ensure a flatter cut.5.) If, like me, you're working on long boards, it may help to get a straight edge to check your work. You can spend more on more accurate straight edges, but this is probably good enough for government work: https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-SVE480-Straight-Non-marring-Laser-Etched/dp/B0083SGRT4/ref=sr_1_6?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1535039703&sr=1-6&keywords=straight+edgeYou may also want to use winding sticks to check for warp/twist. Note where the winding sticks rest, ideally on the outer edges if not a flat surface.6.) Start off taking only small amounts of material, and dial up to a cut that feels comfortable.7.) Empty your shop vac before using the planer. Then when you (rapidly) fill the shop vac with wood chips, you can save them. Let them dry out for a while. They should make great kindling if you have a fireplace. Alternatively, it could be used for mulch or yard waste.The only con I can mention, and one that WEN should consider adding as a feature, is that it's missing "Hold" button. They probably assessed that this was a safety risk, but when you're planing large sections for long periods of time, your fingers and hand get fatigued from holding the trigger. It would be nice to have a feature that enabled a press-once for "on"--my SKIL belt sander has this and it really makes a difference.

It is a deficiency that there is no spare knife. Other than that, the performance is good