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Title: It doesn't work like Norm's
Review: After watching Norm plane old wood for years on PBS I decided to join in the restoration fever and salvage some old carsiding that was in good and dry condition. I have spent hours trying to plane that wood to something useable. As I feed the wood in it simply stops. The rollers mark the wood showing that they are trying to move the work through but fail. I have to push, or pull the wood through. These boards are about 7.5 inches wide and I am trying to only take off 1/32" at a time. Any more than that just chews up the wood. The other dissatisfaction I have is the quality the planer does. The wood is not smooth, it gets chewed up and pieces pulled out. I run it through several times with the cutter just touching and still it looks bad. I've sanded the wood before trying to plane it and that helps a little but it never works like I see Norm on "The New Yankee Workshop." I regret this purchase and wish I had bought a better product.
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