do you sometimes push it hard for long periods?

no not really at most I may run 30 passes through but the boards are usually no
more then 3" wide and 24" long. usually I do less at a time.

so how come you don't have a full size planer?

I work with small pieces of wood. I can run 6" long pieces through this. plus
I could not afford it. I seldom run anything over 36" long and 3" wide through
it.

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