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Review By Dean Bielanowski
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GMC 420W Magnesium Palm Planer
Review
By Dean Bielanowski
If you are a power tool junkie, like me,
it's always great to get your hands on a
practical and useful power tool to make
those common woodworking tasks a more
simpler affair.
This is not to say a good hand tool is
worthless. In fact, hand planes are very
handy to have around the shop and on
construction sites for fine-tuning of
lumber or joints, in their many forms.
While the hand plane is often associated
with fine woodworking, the hand power
planer is more often found on
construction or building sites, but it too
can be used for fine woodworking tasks.
Today we are looking at a power planer,
but one with a little twist. The GMC
Magnesium Palm Planer is smaller than
your average power planer, fits in the
palm of your hand allowing one handed
operation and offers something unique in
the world of power tools.
The GMC Magnesium Palm Power
Planer
The Palm Planer ships in a small-sized
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The PPM Palm Planer
Depth adjustment knob up front
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black plastic molded case. Naturally, this
affords it good protection during transit,
and consequently, it arrived damage free
and ready to go. This same case will offer
good protection for the end user if they
also transport it around from site to site,
so it is well worth retaining and using it.
Inside you will find the planer itself, a fullcolor product manual, plus several
accessories including;
● Blade spanner
● Chip extraction tube
● Spare drive belt
● Spare set of blades
This is a fairly stock-standard set of
accessories for a power planer, except for
the spare set of blades. This is the first
planer I have acquired that offers a full
set of spare blades in the case. A nice
addition and a good little money saver as
quality replacement blades can consume
a bit of petty cash in the stores. Be aware
however that these blades are not the
standard 82mm size, only 60mm, so grab
a set of spares with your purchase, or
when you find them in your retail outlet.
They may be hard to find in a few years
time.
The Palm Planer (Product Code: PPM)
features a 420W motor. This is about half
the power of a solid regular sized power
planer, but given that this tool does not
take as much material off in a pass, due
to its smaller blade and max depth
cutting capacity, a larger motor doesn't
seem warranted. Plus, to have a small
power tool such as this, you can't go too
big in the power department, otherwise it
is no longer a "small" tool. 420W of
power proved to be more than ample for
all cutting tasks I engaged the tool in.
Even on full width planing passes at close
to maximum depth in dense hardwoods,
the PPM did the job with little trouble,
although consideration to feed rate on
harder woods needs to be taken into
account. The PPM features a no-load
speed of 14,000 RPM and combined with
a two-blade cutterhead delivers smooth
planing results with sharp cutters. The
TCT cutting blades themselves are
Lock switch release and power
on/off button
Dust extraction port and blade
protection foot at rear of tool
Light and durable magnesium covers,
here shown protecting the belt drive.
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