A must for Delta portable planers

I only ran my Delta planner once before I bought one of these. It catches so much of the shavings, so little are left to hit the floor. A good buy… if you have a dust collector

I have a Porter-Cable TP305 which is a rebadged Delta and accepts this shroud. I concur 100%, its a great accessory. I added an HVAC elbow to the DC hose wouldn’t droop near/on the workpiece.

Kevin, this is a nice review. I agree with you that this is a necessity for running the planer unless you want to drag it outside whenever it is being used. I put one of these on my Delta planer and, as you said, it handles the dust/chips well.

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Why, exactly, do you need this?
You can see my dust collection to the right, leaning against the shelves.

-- Wish I were Norm's Nephew

I have a Delta planer that I had to purchase a chute for but I’m not all that impressed w/ mine.

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I have a Delta planer that I had to purchase a chute for but I’m not all that impressed w/ mine.

Here is a link to Amazon just in case anyone is curious.

Darn double post anyway…..

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Yes, I bought the chute for my Delta… and like you said, it works well. I’m not convinced that my planer works all that well, but the chute keeps the chips at bay.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

Interesting. I have the Dewalt, and it doesn’t use a chute unless you want to blow chips into a bag (without a dust collector).

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Nailbanger, that’s about what it looked like in my shop after I planed some boards.
I’m pleased so far with it. I don’t get all the dust and chips flying in my hair, eyes and mouth now, lol.

-- Williamsburg, KY

Thanks for the review, Kevin. I know that you took my comment the way it was intended. How many gallons is your shop vac? When I hook my little 5 gal. bucket sized vac up to my jointer, it’s full after 2-3 5 ft. boards, so I know I would have to upgrade to use the chute.

And yes, I wear my respirator when I plane.

-- Wish I were Norm's Nephew

Anytime. I think my sv is 6-8 gal not sure. It can’t do but 3-4 boards on the jointer and sometimes not even that. Just can’t handle it, but it does very nice on the planer though which I was surprised.

Looking into finding a used DC in the next few months :)

That’s a wise choice to wear one. I should have wore one myself.

Thanks,

Kevin

-- Williamsburg, KY

I used a little 1HP dust collector I picked up from Harbor Freight to collect my chavings. It worked great for one tool at a time. I since have replaced it wita b bigger Grizzly DC. I have the little HF dc for sale if anyone is interested.