Flat, square, to thickness · review
The professional portable thicknesser: 317 mm (12.5 in) wide, 1,800 W, and built to be carried to a job and used all day.
The end of it The one to buy if the machine earns its keep. For occasional use, the Triton does the same width for less.
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1,800 W, 317 mm (12.5 in) maximum width, part number DW733-QS.
Not into capacity — the Triton above is the same 317 mm (12.5 in). Into the motor, the frame and the feed mechanism, which is what separates a machine that does twenty boards a day from one that does five.
If your use is occasional, that difference is invisible and the Triton is the better buy by a wide margin. If the machine is part of how you earn, it is the whole reason this one exists.
Snipe is the shallow dip a thicknesser cuts at the start and the end of a board — a few hundredths of a millimeter, over the last hundred millimeters or so. It happens because the board is held by two rollers in the middle of the cut and by only one at each end, so it lifts fractionally into the cutter.
No thicknesser in this price range eliminates it. The ones that manage it best have longer tables, adjustable rollers, or a head lock. The practical answer is the same on all of them: feed a sacrificial board nose-to-tail with the real one, or cut your stock 150 mm (5.91 in) over-length and trim the ends afterwards.
No such listing: the American Amazon shop answers the reference with a search box rather than a page.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
| Motor | 1,800 W |
|---|---|
| Maximum width | 317 mm (12.5 in) |
| Part number | DW733-QS |
| Amazon reference | B0013LK5TQ (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 5011402272112 |
Consistency at full width. A 317 mm (12.5 in) board taking a 1.5 mm (0.06 in) cut is close to the limit of an 1,100 W motor, which means slowing the feed or taking lighter passes. The bigger motor takes the same cut without dropping speed, which matters when it is the twentieth board rather than the first.
Yes — universal motors and straight knives at high speed are among the loudest machines in a workshop, louder than a table saw. Hearing protection is not optional, and neighbors notice. See the safety hub for what attenuation figures actually mean.
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7.5/ 10
The one to buy if the machine earns its keep. For occasional use, the Triton does the same width for less.
Daily use at full width, where the machine has to keep going rather than keep up
Listed because the blade or part names this saw.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
1,500 W · 204 mm (8.03 in) wide · 3 mm (0.12 in) cut · aluminum table
The only planer here that publishes how much it takes off in one pass — 3 mm (0.12 in) surfacing, 2 mm (0.08 in) thicknessing — and the most evenly priced across Europe.
Best for: Smaller stock — battens, rails, small beams — where 204 mm (8.03 in) is enough
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Best for: A buyer who has already seen this machine and needs a European price check
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Best for: A permanent workshop that processes rough timber regularly and wants to stop compromising
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
