Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

Much lower cost for essentially the same flat planing performance

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

Much cheaper blades which means when working with rough lumber it is less critical to use a metal detector to check for all nailsstaples

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

One thing i did before ordering was to read a number of product critiques by amazon customers

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This is a good tool well worth the price from a thoughtful manufacturer and only 5 days away if you live way out here in hi

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

This is a joy to use and with just a little bit of attention to detail of using it you can get perfect results from the start but any limitation is with the user not the tool

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I would have given it 5 stars but one of the tc blades was chipped fortunately they are reversible and also i had to pop off the height adjustment cap to fine tune the adjustment nut

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Was not too sure about the guide rail but it worked just fine even with thin pieces

Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

If you are not trying to work with really rough wood these would work