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So, I am at the Home Depot...
and I am shopping for some more wood for necks, and pickup up some hardware for some builds. After sorting through the 1x2's, trying to find some that don't have warps or bends, I decide to stop by the power tool department just to see what I can see.
For the longest time, I have wanted to pick up a bench planer, but I just could not justify spending 300 bucks on one, even though the prices have come down on them.
So I am looking at the planers they have, and they are still out of my price range. But then I see a 13 inch Ryobi bench plane. It was marked as originally $229.00, but was marked down to $192.00 on sale. I looked under the benches to see if they had any more of them, but this one appeared to be the last one they had.
I grab Brian from the power tool department, and he confirms that it is the last one of that model. I asked if the $194 was the lowest price on it. He pulled out his scanner and discovered that it was discounted down to $137.00 for the floor model. That sounded a whole lot better to me, so I told him I would take it.
He went to put it in the cart and found that it had been screwed down to the wooden shelf it was sitting on. He went to find a screwdriver, and after a long 15 minutes he finally came back and told me that all the cordless drill/screwdrivers had the batteries run down on them, and nobody had bothered to plug them back in. It would have taken a long time to get the screws out by hand, so I told him he could just put it in the cart, with the pieces of 2x6 it was attached to, and I would just take the wood off when I got home.
He did that and then told me he would take another 10% off the price for me. So when I got to the checkout, the $229.00 planer ended up costing me $124.00!! And including the factory warranty.
He shoots, he scores!!!
So I got it home and set it up on my workbench, I found a piece of scrap to test it out on. Worked like a charm, so I grabbed a few pieces of Ipe fingerboard stock that was rough cut and needed planing. In a matter of seconds, they were smooth and even. It would have taken me hours of sanding to get that hardwood flat like that.
I had never used a planer before, but boy am I a happy camper now!! Under a minute to plan 4 neck blanks smooth.
Yee Haw!!!
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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on
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I'm jealous. Nice!
-WY
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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on
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Green with envy here. :-(
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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on
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Score!
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Permalink Reply by Delvero on
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Great deal! Do yourself one favor and put those earplugs in everytime you use that planer!
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Permalink Reply by Henry Strat-o-varius Lowman on
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SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by PapaSimone on
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Wow! Great story of triumph!
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Permalink Reply by Jeff "Sweet T" Tinsley on
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Outstanding deal!
Listen to Delvero's advice. You want to be able to hear what you build in the future, right? Lol.My planer is so loud it makes the routers sound like they are whispering.
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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on
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shhhh .. i just went to my home depot and un plugged all the rechargers ;-}
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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on
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Wow! Wonder if there are any left at MY home depot!
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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on
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Actually, this planer is pretty quiet. I only use this kind of stuff with the garage door open, so most of the noise goes outside. But earplug advice has been noted.
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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on
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Great deal, now the sky is the limit, no board will be safe from becoming a CBG, we will overcome!!!!
Enjoy, Ron.
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Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on
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I thought you were going to say that you also got 20 necks from the wood the planer was screwed to. There will be no stopping you now.
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