JET 20-Inch Planer, Helical Cutterhead, 5 HP, 230V 1Ph (Model JWP-208HH)

Waited way too long to buy this. What a great product. What a time saver!

This thing is fantastic, cut quality is great little to no snipe and so quiet I can talk to someone right next to me in a normal speaking volume even when its cutting or just idling. I only whish I knew about the Jet Black series before buying it.

Updated May 21 2020. This planer has been great and produces extremely smooth boards. I cannot be happier with the purchase. Highly recommend. It is a lot quieter than a lunchbox planer that I had been using before.Ordered it Saturday July 22nd and it was delivered the next Friday the 28th. No issues with the delivery or packaging, everything came thru perfect. Using a bobcat with forks, we moved the pallet into the shed. Once the plywood crate came off, you can use the lift bars (which each slides out to 10 3/8 inches and 4 5/8 inches when closed) in the tool to use a forklift to move it off of the pallet. The bobcat had movable forks to slide in tight to the machine and come under the lifting bars. I preferred this over straps hanging the machine from the forks. I built a mobile base from 3/4 plywood, and 4 inch casters positioned under the corners of the tool, with a weight capacity of 850 lbs. Uncrated the machine weights 753 lbs. The planer has a hollow base with an open bottom. This machine has the new updated decals and paint job from Jet. The older jet tools the last several years has a "yellow-white" paint. The new upgraded tools have a bright white paint which matches the new updated longer bed Jet 8 Inch HH jointer I bought recently. Not all of their older models that they still sell have the updated paint color.It does have a short 10 awg cord 5 foot long. You can swap out the cord with SOOW ( sometimes called SO) 10-3 AWG cord that you can buy at Menards for $35 for 25 feet. With SOOW cord they count all 3 wires so you need 10-3 cord (black, white, green). I am using 10 gauge wire in the wall to a 30 amp breaker. I have yet to use it as I am assembling and will update the review when used. At this point the fit and finish is perfect and I am somewhat OCD :)

This machine is a beast. It’s quiet and mows down boards. They come out almost smooth enough to nut need sanding. Sooo glad I bought this vs one of the bench top planers. No snipe even when I’ve ran 16 foot boards through it

Planer arrived 2 days after ordering and crate looked as though no one touched it upon arrival. ABF freight absolutely super in quality care. Machine flawless in appearance. very easy to read owners manual, fine machined in/out trays, very smooth and dull mirror finish. Going to wax bed tonight and plug this baby in. Will continue report after a few trial runs with hard and soft woods. Delivery and ordering went perfect.Will continue once used!2ND PART AFTER DELIVERY.I decided to wire this giant professionally so in came my electrician. We wired machine from on/off panel to wall plug with 10 gauge grounded wire and dedicated circuit 220V w/50 amp breakers. Maybe a little over kill, but just wanted a powerful and good and safe delivery of current. Now for the fun part. A machine of this size commands respect so a brief double check of parts was in order. On went the machine and in went my first piece of red oak, 8"X6'. I am amazed at the speed and absolute perfect face after 2 or 3 runs. Honestly, I have used a 13" planer for 15-17 years, which has performed wonderfully, but is getting tired. I have tried rock maple, oak, cherry, walnut, pine, etc and all have absolute perfect finish. Just a slight touch of my palm sander and the wood is ready for projects. It is also very low on the sound db's. So low, 3 of us while watching kept a conversation as this planer was hard at work. Absolutely no snipe ( a bit hairy to install and adjust the entry/exit tables). This is without a doubt the best wood planer I have ever witnessed in my 68 years.

This Jet 208HH Planer was priced $600 below any other supplier. Plus, Amazon shipping was free, other suppliers were not. It arrived in a few days. Not bad for 700 pounds of cast iron. Crate was perfect. The unit is new as promised without a scratch. Great deal!

Very heavy, get help (four strong guys) to lift it on the coasters. I have very hard wood to plane and found that it got stuck several times even though the feeder roller was turning. I had to plane an uneven plank and had to push very hard to get the plank through the planer even though I was not taking off much wood. As the surface became more even it worked better. It would be much nicer if it came with an option for wheels so no one gets hurt trying to lift it onto the base you can buy for it. A little slower feed speed would give a better surface for very hard wood.

After useing a benchtop 13in. Ryobi AP1300 for a few years i finally realised what a pc of junk i had been useing,Don't get me wrong it worked descent right after new blades was put in,but after a short time they were dull and haveing to either work on the planer or replace something i was really getting upset with this planer. Then again i kept looking at my stock pile of walnut and maple and some other pcs of wood that was 15in. and up to 18in. and realised i would never be able to use the these Big pcs of Beautiful wood untill i purchased a machine that would do the job right.....Simply put this new JET planer is the best thing to come my way since a slice of bread LOL !! Awsome machine and i cannot put it in words to how this new Jet planer does the work it does .....This planer just EATS everything i put thru it and then spits out a Beautiful piece that almost does not need sanding,Yes it is pricey But compared to other planers imho it does not get any better.P.S>>> after running 6-700 ft. wood thru it i just sip my coffee and smile and know i made the right choice.Happy Woodworking and get out there and make some sawdust !!!!GOD BLESS