About a month ago I purchased the Delta 580 from Woodcraft for $330.00 after
rebate. ABSOLUTLEY SUPERB. No snipe, easy to setup, smooth finish. At that
price it was a no-brainer. I don't do anything special to avoid snipe, just
firm down the locking mechanism and feed boards at a slight angle. I've
planed white oak, cherry, and kentucky coffeetree with excellent results.

Good luck.

"NoNameAtAll" wrote in message
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I'm sure this has been covered here before, but I googled the newsgroup
and
didn't come up with a whole lot of information. I'm condidering buying a
planer
for my home workshop but I have no experience with them and hence have no
idea
which one would be good. I've seen some discussion about the DeWalt 735
and
Delta 580, both of which are 13" planers. The DeWalt is about $100 more
expensive. Is it actually worth that much more? Are there other makes and
models I should consider? Ease of use is important to me because I've
never
used one before. Portability is not a big deal because I don't intend to
take
it anywhere.