Warning: That $40 benchtop planer from Facebook Marketplace was a trap

Picked up a used planer for $40 from some guy off 82nd Ave, looked fine in the pics. Got it home and the blades were totally shot and the feed roller was slipping. Spent another $60 on new blades and an afternoon tearing it apart to fix the roller. Honestly, unless you can test it under power beforehand, just save for a new one or buy from someone who actually used it recently. Has anyone else gotten burned on a cheap Marketplace tool that looked okay but was a nightmare to fix?

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rowanbennett4d ago

My buddy Dave thought he scored big on a used table saw for $50. He brought it home all excited and it ran for about 30 seconds before the motor started smoking like a barbecue. Turns out the guy had swapped the motor with a cheap one from a broken saw and just taped the wiring together. Dave spent a whole weekend trying to fix it and ended up buying a new motor for more than what a used saw in good shape would've cost. He still gets mad talking about it lol. Marketplace can be such a gamble with power tools.

avery6294d ago

Saw a YouTube vid where a guy tested 10 cheap table saws and only 2 didn't catch fire @rowanbennett.