I have always used the cast iron planers, but a few
years ago I had the opportunity to quickly wear out a
Ryobi Portable "Bench top" planer.
The prices are as follows:
Buy a bench top planer every two years for 10 years
because the old one keeps wearing out. $350 x 5 = $1750
Lost time from multiple extra thin passes: 1 hr/ week
x 520 weeks @ $35/hr = $18,200
Lost material from sniping, and chipping $5 week x
520 weeks
$2,600
total =
$21,700
A good used Parks 15, Powermatic 15" or Delta
13" (all used, 220V, and cast iron) $750
Sell at the end of 10 years
$750
Actual cost less grease, oil, sharpening,
electricity, and the lost time value of money total = $0.00
Hmmm...$21.700 vs $0.00 Now which is the better deal?
A smooth clean cut with a hold-down roller and breaker
bar, or a table top toy? Better yet, with the Parks, Delta,
or Powermatic you continue to support U.S. made products
and create a market flow for U.S. goods. Yes, I do know
that some of the new Delta products are being farmed out
to foreign jobbers, but if you buy an old quality tool it will
be U.S. made and at least by a U.S. owned company.
The toy planers are just false economy.
"Sbtypesetter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The toy planers are just false economy.
Probaby true, unless you really don't do enough wood working to justify a
planer! I have a DW733, I doubt I will wear it out as I don't use it that
much. When it really comes down to it I probably don't need one, but I can
afford it, so what the hell!
If I were crazy into wood working I would buy a "real" planer. My neighbor
has an old Foley Belsaw 15" that is a great machine.
Greg
Well said Edwin. If I counted my hours in the shop at minimum wage it =
would still be cheaper to buy everything I make.
Puff
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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> Sbtypesetter wrote:
> > I have always used the cast iron planers, but a few
> > years ago I had the opportunity to quickly wear out a
> > Ryobi Portable "Bench top" planer.
> >
> > The prices are as follows:
> > Buy a bench top planer every two years for 10 years
> > because the old one keeps wearing out. $350 x 5 =3D $1750
>=20
> Your figures make a little sense for a production shop. For the home
> hobbyist, it just proves you are an, well, you don't have a clue. My
> professional time is billed much higher than the $35 you talk about, =
but in
> my wood shop, it is $0 per hour.
>=20
> As for equpment cost, I did buy a new set of blades for $30 after =
about 15
> months of use.
> --=20
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>=20
>
$35 is awful cheap for shop time. Doesn't leave much left to pay the
employee, maybe minimum wage.
Perhaps you are new to the group, but most of us are hobbyists. I
have the money a cast iron behemoth, but I'd rather not take up the
space for something I use only an hour or two on weekends. And many
of us with the portable type of planers have grown rather attached to
them and don't appreciate the intolerant comments.
Makes sense if you use the planer day in and day out.But then, why drive at
70mph for 2hrs when youcan drive at 140 mph for 1hrs.
--
Knowledge speaks, wisdom listen.....
Jimi Hendrix
"Sbtypesetter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have always used the cast iron planers, but a few
> years ago I had the opportunity to quickly wear out a
> Ryobi Portable "Bench top" planer.
>
> The prices are as follows:
> Buy a bench top planer every two years for 10 years
> because the old one keeps wearing out. $350 x 5 = $1750
>
> Lost time from multiple extra thin passes: 1 hr/ week
> x 520 weeks @ $35/hr = $18,200
>
> Lost material from sniping, and chipping $5 week x
> 520 weeks
> $2,600
>
>
>
total =
> $21,700
>
> A good used Parks 15, Powermatic 15" or Delta
> 13" (all used, 220V, and cast iron)
$750
>
> Sell at the end of 10 years
> $750
>
> Actual cost less grease, oil, sharpening,
> electricity, and the lost time value of money total = $0.00
>
>
> Hmmm...$21.700 vs $0.00 Now which is the better deal?
> A smooth clean cut with a hold-down roller and breaker
> bar, or a table top toy? Better yet, with the Parks, Delta,
> or Powermatic you continue to support U.S. made products
> and create a market flow for U.S. goods. Yes, I do know
> that some of the new Delta products are being farmed out
> to foreign jobbers, but if you buy an old quality tool it will
> be U.S. made and at least by a U.S. owned company.
>
> The toy planers are just false economy.
Sbtypesetter wrote:
> I have always used the cast iron planers, but a few
> years ago I had the opportunity to quickly wear out a
> Ryobi Portable "Bench top" planer.
>
> The prices are as follows:
> Buy a bench top planer every two years for 10 years
> because the old one keeps wearing out. $350 x 5 = $1750
Your figures make a little sense for a production shop. For the home
hobbyist, it just proves you are an, well, you don't have a clue. My
professional time is billed much higher than the $35 you talk about, but in
my wood shop, it is $0 per hour.
As for equpment cost, I did buy a new set of blades for $30 after about 15
months of use.
--
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
On 13 Feb 2004 00:19:07 GMT, [email protected] (Sbtypesetter)
wrote:
I agree 100% for a millwork or large cabinet shop, but for the rest of
us, please allow me to play devil's advocate. I make furniture and
cabinetry for myself an others, on a serious amateur to semi-pro
basis.
>The prices are as follows:
> Buy a bench top planer every two years for 10 years
> because the old one keeps wearing out. $350 x 5 = $1750
My local woodcraft has a DeWalt 733 that is subjected to store and
school use nearly daily, it's already twice as old as your predictions
and shows no clues of wear. I also know of plenty of 10+ year old
benchtops that are cranking right along, on the job site, with local
finish carpenters.
>Lost time from multiple extra thin passes: 1 hr/ week
>x 520 weeks @ $35/hr = $18,200
For discussion purposes, let's use ANY project on the NYW web site. I
can plane all of the wood for the most complicated project in less
than 3 hours of actual planer run time. Typically, I'm done with the
planer in an hour for most projects. I resaw wood thinner than 1/2",
as opposed to planing it. I probably won't use the planer again for
2-4 weeks. In my eyes that makes my use time less than your lost
time. <G>
>Lost material from sniping, and chipping $5 week x
>520 weeks
>$2,600
Not at all true with a properly adjusted 733 or similarity priced
portable.
>A good used Parks 15, Powermatic 15" or Delta
>13" (all used, 220V, and cast iron) $750
>
>Sell at the end of 10 years
>$750
>
>Actual cost less grease, oil, sharpening,
>electricity, and the lost time value of money total = $0.00
What about the time and costs spent finding and moving one? What
about the extra space it takes up that is no longer available? What
about the stationary unit that is being sold because it's no longer
dependable. What about the cost of starting caps ruined by constantly
turning the machine on and off for small jobs? Where did the 220v
circuit come from? How much more purchased power does the Park
require?
If most of us used your math on all the power tools for the typical
serious hobby shop, we could hire Garrett Hack or David Marks to
simply make the stuff for less money. <G>
Barry