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Dremel PL400 XPR Planer Attachment | 
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| Brand: Dremel
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $30.16
Buy New: $17.88
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7908
Media: Tools & Hardware
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 4.8 x 2.3
MPN: PL400
Model: PL400
UPC: 080596023867
EAN: 0080596023867
ASIN: B0002QZ1PQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Planer attachment that removes 1/64-inch at a time | | • | Works wonders on sticking doors, picture frames, woodworking projects, hardwood flooring, laminate countertops and more | | • | Precision-ground blade slices at speeds up to 35,000 rpm | | • | 2 1/4-inch cutting surface is ideal for woodworking projects | | • | Weighs 1.1 pounds |
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Product Description
XPR Planer Attachment, For The Dremel XPR Rotary Tool, Removes 1/64" At A Time, 2-1/4" Cutting Surface, 90 & 45 Degrees Cast Metal Edge Guide For Accurate Material Removal, Chip Ejection Port For Fast Removal, Hardened High-Speed Steel Cutter, Used With 400 XPR Rotary Tool, True Value #578-262.
Amazon.com Product Description
The new Dremel XPR planer attachment shaves approximately 1/64 inch at a time so you can control the amount of material being removed. The 2 1/4-inch cutting surface is ideal for woodworking projects, and the hardened high-speed cutter has been tested to over 500 linear feet. This great tool is designed to perform planing tasks on sticking doors, picture frames, woodworking projects, hardwood flooring, laminate countertops and much more. The long-lasting, precision-ground blade slices at speeds up to 35,000 rpm to produce a smooth surface that's free of milling marks.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Par for the course Dremel attachement January 4, 2009
Mood (MA United States)
Makes reasonably quick work of trimming a door edge that rubs, but doing a neat job takes some practice. Heavy touch up sanding will be required.
This Dremel attachment is like every other Dremel attachment I have been suckered into buying, it is clearly designed by bean counters. It works just good enough that I would feel bad about throwing it out. For $20, it is a nice tool to have, but I would gladly pay more for one that had a better guide and did a neater job.
A couple specific gripes:
1. The 1/64th depth isn't off by a bit, it is off by a factor of 4. It planes nearly a 1/16th off per pass. I'm still trying to figure out how they came up with the 1/64th number.
2. The guide is useless, it is up to the user to attempt to keep the tool flat on the surface. This takes some practice and will result in some gouges and uneven planed surfaces that need to be smoothed off with sanding.
WARNING: For 400 XPR Rotary Tool ONLY December 28, 2008
LazyBoy
I bought this not realizing it wouldn't work with other Dremel brand tools. My fault. Just wanted to warn others.
 Good attachment (for what it is) July 13, 2008
John (York, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No, you won't be doing any fine woodworking with this Dremel XPR attachment. But for twenty bucks, it makes awfully quick work of planing the bottom of a door so that it closes. I recently did a bathroom tile project, and needed to take just a tiny bit off a section of a door. The planer attachment certainly did the job.
It does make a lot of dust/mess, and the guide is far from perfect in keeping you at 90 degrees to the door. Overall, however, it's worth the money.
Works very well with a little practice April 27, 2008
C. Pemberton (Kokomo, IN USA)
I had several doors sticking that I had tried to free up using a file and then a sander without much luck. The planer takes a little practice, but can achieve excellent results on both hardwood and softer woods. I ran it at max speed and was able to control it easily after awhile. It doesn't take off too much at one time and you can scribe a line and true up areas if you need. All in all it has worked very well for me and saved a great deal of time.
 Tends to make a mess of a door edge March 12, 2008
buddha-dog (Menlo Park, CA USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This tool embodies a great concept, and who wouldn't want to dispatch that sticking door problem with five minutes effort and a quick vacuuming?
But I was disappointed with the performance of the tool, mostly because of two factors.
1. The cut on each pass is fairly deep, maybe as much as 3/32".
2. The right-angle plate that's supposed to help you keep the tool square to the face of the door is way too short to be effective.
Consequently, blending the cut from one pass into the next is effectively impossible. If you make three overlapping cuts, you will get three clearly visible steps in the cut. And by visible, I mean visible when you're looking at the face of the door, not just looking up close at the edge or top.
Also, especially because of the weight of the tool pulling down on one side, it's extremely challenging to keep the cut perpendicular to the face. Expect a wavy edge that's also visible when looking at the door face.
On the positive side, it did fix the problem. I just wished when I was done that I took the time to scribe the door, take it down, and plane it. Something told me this tool would be too good to be true, but I guess hope springs eternal :).
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