Benchtop planer sugestions

I’m curious about this, too. I’ve thought on and off of getting a benchtop planer for when I’m dealing with a lot of rough wood. If I had the space for an old Parks, I’d get that, but I don’t. The lower volume of the Steel City due to the segmented cutter head (not really a true helix, I guess) is appealing to me, and the lower TCO for dealing with cutters.

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So the cheaper one has 3 years less warranty. You didn’t say how much cheaper.

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Amazon prices are: $500 for the 40300H, $630 for the 40200H. I don’t get Steel City’s numbering schemes, btw. The 40100 is their entry level straight-blade planer. The extra warranty is probably more important than the extra outfeed table area.

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Thankyou so much guys those posts arent exactly what i was looking for . mostly i wanna know if anybody has had use of ththe 40300h and if it was as good or brtter than the 40200h because its cheaper i wanna go with the 40300h the waranty isn’t much of a concern for me. im kind of a preventive maintanance natzi. there isn’t much mechanical or electrical i cant make last well beyond projected lifespan.

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