Coel, if I lived near you I would say no, because I would buy it myself. That machine is first generation and brand new. I have the same one that is 18 years old right now and runs like new. It is twice the machine of the new ones. Grab it before someone else does.
Hope it lasts. When you get there try and talk him down some because of age, but don't loose it. Pictures showed the tool kit in the side, but the spare blades are under the infeed table. I never used the base at all, I didn't have the room for it. I always used it on sawhorses in the driveway. The depth gauge is exact and the preset stops are exact. Easy machine to use.
It's a workhorse of a planer in great shape, but $300 is steep IMO. When new, it was under $400, possibly well under, but it had a warranty and return privileges at that time, none of which are of any value now. If you could agree on $250 or less before you go look I'd consider it, but man that's a long drive for a benchtop planer.
I used one for about 10 years before I sold it. I must have put a mile of lumber through it and I always got beautiful results. I "upgraded" to a combo machine with segmented spiral cutter heads but still regret I got rid of it. I could get more precise dimensions from it than I can through the machine I have now, which cost 5 times as much.
The problems with it are it is slow and you have to deal with a lot of noise from the universal motor.
Hahaha my coworkers just all starred at me for laughing so hard
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