WEN 6530 6-Amp Electric Hand Planer, 3-1/4-Inch

Considering the low price of this planer, I was impressed by the quality and operation. The cut depth is easily adjusted, the design is handy to hand, and the operation is smooth. This is the second Wen product I bought the first is a 12" planer and both impressed me. You won't be disappointed.

Bought to cut rabbits along the inside face of drywall abutting a shower enclosure flange. Mighty little tool doing the job just fine! I think I'm dulling the blades but it's essentially abuse, will replace before next project. Great value for occasional diy - wish I'd bought one years ago; would be a smash adjusting doors.

I needed a planer to level a small cheap butcher block countertop I'm making. How cheap? It's made of ripped down 2x4s. This planer honestly did pretty good after a little set up , after which it did a decent job of leveling the panel. The cuts were nice and smooth and even enough once I figured out what I was doing. However, there are several caveats you should be aware of, the first of which is that it required quite a bit of fiddling to level the blades with the rear shoe. Also, while the blades were sharp, they were not perfectly straight but slightly curved so that the edges gouged out more than the middle. If anything planer blades should be curved the other way so that they carve slightly more from the middle than the edges. I could have removed the blades entirely and spent some time leveling them on my diamond plates. I personally don't think that's unreasonable, especially for the amount of money you pay for this thing and I certainly would have done so if not for the final nail in the coffin: The front shoe was not parallel with the rear shoe in either direction which caused a lot of snipe no matter how careful I was. And unfortunately that's something I could not adjust and decided to return this unit. I could just exchange this for another one but I've now learned that I like electric hand planers enough that I want a higher quality one. So in summary, at this price point, this is a really good tool. However, if it were priced much higher it would probably not deserve more than one or two stars. Don't expect a more than a moderate level of precision and be prepared to spend some quality time with it getting it set up and adjusted properly. If all you need is some quick and dirty leveling or something like trimming down some door edges or lumber, this thing would be perfect.

This thing arrived in a few hours and saved my butt that day. I have not used it for precision work. But, I have used it two more times and I would have paid for it again. Great for a DIYer or a beater tool.

I had several sticking doors in my home that needed fixed. I didn't want to spend a fortune for my home use and researched electric planers. I was familiar with the WEN Brand so I gave this one a try as my first electric planer. Similar quality planers were double the price. I used the WEN Planer on several hollow core doors and one heavy thick antique door and was very pleased with the performance. I had never used one before and just followed the directions included and set up the planer to remove a small amount at a time as little as 1/64" or you can adjust it to take off much more. TIP: Start slow and use the low settings 1/64, 1/32" and secure your work. The handle can be set to plane left or right handed as needed. TIP: The planer comes with a bag you can attach to the planer to catch the wood chips which is nice, but fills very quickly. However, I used my 1 gallon shop vac and attached the hose in place of the cloth bag. I would turn on the shop vac and then plane the door until I was finished with the vaccum sucking up the wood chips. I'm very happy with my purchase. It made quick work of my sticking doors and was easy to use and clean up. I saved half what I would have purchasing a local name brand unit. WEN is good quality for the homeowners needs. I would recommend this Wen Electric Planer to a friend.

I used this for the first time and it worked great I don’t know how I did so much wood working with out it I had to work on a 21/2” solid wood table cleaned it up and took it down and level it right up this wen electric hand planer is great I would recommend it

I`ve had this for 6 years.....I don`t use it a lot, but it has fitted several doors, and I have planned a lot of stuff on jobsites with it. I`m not sure how it would hold up to daily use, there have been times I would use it everyday for a week, and then not touch it for a month or longer, with how I use it, the thing has been great. It does feel cheap......but it is cheap. If you plan on using it everyday all day, I wouldn`t recommend it, but for mild, random use, I think it is great.

I just completely my first project with this planer. It took me a few practice cut to get my cut motion right (see the huge snipe on the left side of my 2x6) but once I got a few test cuts under my belt I was able to get smooth consistent cuts (see right side of the 2x6). Even at 1/64” it smooths the board nicely, it is a lot quicker than sanding these rough boards. The tool itself is all plastic. It feels solid enough for a small jobs using softwoods but it doesn’t feel like it can handle really demanding jobs or hardwoods. One other note: the bag extends pretty far, make sure you have cleared the track before starting a cut

Purchased the planer on sale. It showed up packaged and covered in sawdust. Battery had a full charge. Attached it to the planer and squeezed the trigger. Click nothing happens. Read some reviews on the planer and one gentlemen had the same issue after he used it for a 3/4 pass on some lumber. I’m thinking this is the planer I received. Disappointing and a 1 star review is justified.

Went about 3/4 of a pass on a 4 foot pine board and quit. The motor made a ticking sound and that's all the use I got out of it. I do have a replacement coming so we will see how it performs.