Dropped $60 on a used benchtop planer at a garage sale in Akron and it finally paid off

Patricia Mason · 2026-11-05T01:00:12.045056+00:00

I grabbed this little 12 inch planer from a guy cleaning out his dad's shop, mostly because it was cheap and I figured why not. For 3 months it just sat there while I kept buying pre-milled lumber like a chump. Last week I had a batch of rough walnut for a set of drawer fronts and decided to run it through, and it saved me almost $90 compared to the milled stuff at the yard. The knives were still sharp enough and the finish was good enough that I only had to sand once. Anyone else have a tool that sat around way too long before you actually used it?

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