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DEWALT DW680K Heavy-Duty 7 Amp 3-1/4-Inch Planer | 
| Brand: DeWALT
Category: Home Improvement
Department: Tools, Auto & Industrial
List Price: $287.41
Buy New: $169.99
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 16403
Color: NA
Media: Tools & Hardware
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 15.8 x 11.4 x 9.8
MPN: DW680K
Model: DW680K
UPC: 028875106801
EAN: 0028875106801
ASIN: B00005NMRI
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Dynamic 7 amp, 15,000 rpm motor for consistently smooth results | | • | Large reversible and resharpanible carbide blades add to function and lifespan | | • | Calibrated Depth Adjustment knob and Height Adjustment knob let you control the precision of your work | | • | Able to produce rabbet joints up to 1/2-inch | | • | Includes DEWALT one year warranty and one year free service contract |
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Amazon.com Product Description
If you’re a serious woodworker, than the DEWALT DW680K planer is a necessary addition to your woodworking shop. The rugged 7 amp, 15,000 rpm motor produces steady, level results on even the toughest applications. This planer features increased function and quality with up to 3/32-inches of cut in a single pass and an increased amount of passes allowed with handy kick stand. The DW680K is compatible with reversible carbide blades that are equipped for resharpening and ideal for straight edge or framings. A precision-machined shoe maintains even results and produces perfectly square rabbet joints and is crafted with three precision machined guides in the front generate three distinct beveling channels. Features include the innovative Calibrated Depth Adjustment Knob to ensure positions are fine-tuned so you never have to re-zero the depth and height adjustment knob, ergonomically set in rubber for increased height command. It’s easy to operate with comfortable two finger trigger to reduce exhaustion for extended use and equipped with poly-v drive belt for strengthened longevity. Planer includes two reversible carbide blades, rabbeting fence, and rugged carrying case.
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Handy tool - I'm liking it so far March 2, 2010
JimM (San Diego, CA)
I've had this tool about six weeks now and I'm satisfied that it works as advertised. I'm still learning how to use this tool to its best effect, but I'm pleased with my purchase so far. I have no experience or alternative planers to compare to, though, since the Dewalt is the first planer I've ever used. It's come in handy for some cabinetry work I've done recently and I've also used it to plane the boards on a new fence gate that swelled after heavy rains. The gate went from being unusable to moving freely after ~5 minutes work.
Pro's - powerful and relatively quiet. Cuts cleanly.
Con's - As others have mentioned, the cord seems to often get in the way. Also, I wish the depth adjustment was a separate function from the front handle. I'm always afraid that I'm going to adjust the depth of my cut as I'm working just by holding onto the front handle. This doesn't appear to actually happen, though I haven't needed to cut anything to great accuracy yet. It just might be my paranoia. Also, the edge guide seems kind of flimsy, but as I haven't really needed to use it yet, it may work just fine.
 Unable to fine tune adjustments and front and back shoes not parallel January 2, 2008
David the Bookworm (Black Hawk, CO USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this to plane flat surfaces, with the expectation that it would do just that. The good is that it is very powerful and will create a clean cut on most any wood.
The bad is that it cannot plane consistently. I fhould that:
- the front and back shoes are not parallel, which leads to a constant tapered cut - every cut has one side deeper than the other side, no matter where I put pressure.
- The planner cuts EVEN WHEN SET TO ZERO - I suspect this is because the cutter extends below the back (and front) shoe so that the planer cuts wood even if the setting is 0 -- the back shoe to be aligned with the cutter and the front shoe to be aligned with the cutter when at the 0 setting.
- There is not way to adjust the front and back shoes to be parallel or level with each other
Given the other reviews it appears maybe I have received a defective tool - I will be calling Dewalt about this.
 Poor quality November 1, 2007
J. Finlay (Eastsound, WA USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this to plane some doors to size. I expected that I would get a good quality tool that had reasonable adjustments to make it accurate. What I got was a poor quality tool that can't plane consistently. The problems I encountered are: 1) back shoe is not ground flat, 2) cutter extends past the back shoe, 3) front and back shoes are not parallel.
Maybe I'm expecting too much from this tool but I expected the front and back shoes to be ground flat but the back shoe was not - this leads to a tapered cut since the cutter is raised up when the back part of the shoe reaches the wood surface. The cutter extends below the back (and front) shoe so that the planer cuts wood even if the setting is 0. I expect the back shoe to be aligned with the cutter and the front shoe to be aligned with the cutter when at the 0 setting. AFAICT there is no way to adjust the shoes or cutter to align them. The front and back shoes are not parallel - when the front shoe is at the 0 setting it slopes away from the cutter. I expected that the front and back shoes would be parallel similar to the way the front and back tables of a jointer are parallel.
I don't know if these are problems with all portable power planers but it seems to me that you cannot reasonably plane when the tool is this misaligned.
I previously bought and returned a Bosch planer where the cutter extended even more beyond the shoe than the DeWalt so maybe most planers are equally poorly built.
DeWalt Number 1 again October 10, 2007
Thomas F. Goettl (Owosso, Mi. USA)
I cant believe I havent had this tool before now never again will I hand plane another door again. This planer is very easy to setup and with dial control made it real easy. The planer didnt even slow down going through paint. Love it.
 Like any other DeWalt tool... A+ July 31, 2007
Jose De Freitas (Caracas, Venezuela)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a supervisor of a furniture factory, and we are in a plain process of renewing tools, we are buying almost all branded DeWalt and it's been great!!, and the planner wasn't the exception, tought it was a small machine, it works perfectly and very clean shaped. very recommended!! the only critic I make is that this product was sent without any long trip shipping consideration, just in its plain original box...
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