Bosch PL1632 3-1/4 In. Planer

Works great. Nice and smooth cuts, easy to use

Works fine for project working on. Fairly light weight and easy to handle. Guide bar was not 90 degrees to plane angle when used. Noise level is bearable.

Get the PL 2632K Kit instead. It's a better planer and comes with a durable case as well for a similar price.

First power planer purchase to neatly trim doors instead of using a circular saw and guide...very happy I bought this. Smooth, easy set up and operation, as with my other Bosch tools. Well balanced with plenty of power to handle planing hollow-core and solid-wood doors. Warmed up on scrap wood...took a few times to get my technique pat to smoothly finish the last ~4 inches of the door edge (after the front of the planer had nothing left to rest on). Finish looks like it was done in the factory.

I bought this planner because I wanted a quality planner. I was using a harbor freight planer. Obviously it wasn’t that great but it was very cheap and at the time I serve my purposes it’s a no-brainer, but the difference is not by quality.

Has changed how I work with wood. Absolutely fantastic on taking cedar boards and making them smooth wit no need to sand. I bought the extra blades (tungsten?) for a future myrtle wood project, but haven’t needed them yet.

Don’t know how I went this long without having one of these. Needed to resurface a door. Worked way better then sanding.

This is the best planner I've used. Been Building S.F. D. s for 40 years and the Makita name is among the best. I wouldn't change a thing. If youre a home owner / part time woodworker, and don't need the tool to stand up to the rugged conditions of the Job Site then by all means get the 40.00 one, but if ya need it to take a lickin' and keep on tickin' this is the one

Retuned the item back to Illinois, came with US plug NOT UK.. to much hassle to convert. No problem with the refund 24hs after dispatch, money back. I'm sure it's a good planner for people in the states...

I haven't owned a planer before and this is probably the most powery power tool in my garage. We needed this for cutting down some slab doors and I was able to figure this out with a quick youtube video. Its an easy tool to work with. Cord length is great and even with the length of a door, I could comfortably go the full distance even with room from the outlet. Cutting is smooth and the finished product has a super clean finish: not a hint of a snag at all. Even with the bag, it creates a lot of mess but the bag does a great job of containing the bulk of it. You can connect the planer to a shop vac to avoid the mess of cleaning the bag (it fills up fast!)

Es muy buena, no se van a arrepentir si la compran. Trabaja muy bien y la calidad es excelente como siempre. Deja la madera prácticamente lisa, al cepillar una tabla de grandes dimensiones se me hizo un poco complicado porque deja muy marcados los rebajes laterales, aunque configures la profundidad al mínimo. Es como si trazaras una linea como una carretera en la madera, y luego eliminar los bordes se complica porque haces mas pasadas y formas otros bordes y al final se hace un desmadre. Ya estuve practicando para eliminar esos bordes tienes que levantar la maquina a pulso 1 o 2 mm mientras la pasas por la madera y luego terminas con una buena lijada. Lo que no me gustó es que la maquina se calienta muchísimo después de unos minutos de uso continuo, si tocas la parte lateral de aluminio te puedes quemar. La bolsa si viene de muy mala calidad y se deshila muy fácil. En general si te facilita mucho trabajar la madera, hasta ahora sigue afilada la cuchilla. cuando pierda filo pueden comprar la original por $300 o una truper de $50. yo compre la truper....

Very smooth and accurate unit. Used it to plane rough milled pine as well as rough burnt walnut with ease. No clogging with dust extractor attached. Good weight allows the unit to do a good job without much downward pressure on pine (soft wood). Operation takes practice and good to use scrap for that purpose. Height adjustment is accurate. Blade is of good quality. Very nice results creates less sanding. Very pleased with the Bosch planer 1632. Does the job for a good price and replacement blades can be bought in Canada. Worth checking out.

La caja llegó un poco maltratada pero el producto llegó bien y funciona muy bien