In 1984 I purchased a new Woodmaster 612 twelve-inch planer for my home hobby shop. This planer is powered with the original Dayton 3-horse motor, with power being transfered by a dual-belt system. After a few years I installed a central dust collection system in my shop, and purchased and installed Woodmaster’s dust collection hood with a 4″ outlet. I also had a local welding shop fabricate a very heavy-duty mobile base unit, on which I installed Woodcraft’s red-wheeled, locking swivel casters for mobility. By any standard this machine has had only light-to-moderate (occasional) use, with the knives being removed for sharpening only 1 time. The problem is that my shop is about to shrink and I need to downsize to a portable benchtop planer. I intend to advertise the Woodmaster planer for sale on the Fine Woodworking Classifieds, but have no idea how much I should ask for it. Any recommendations from present Woodmaster owners (or others) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
John Hollaway
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If it's like new I would start with a price of 3/4 of what you paid for and add "or best offer". I would also put it Craigs List. FWW will limit your potential customers. There's also other free places to advertise in your area as well as 15 other wood forums with classifieds out there.
Used to work for a dealer as a tech and we sold lots of used machines for pretty high prices as we could check them to make sure they worked and lots of folks will buy from a reliable source no questions asked. So another option is to have a local dealer help if there is such a thing available in your area.
Name brand tools sell for higher prices than lesser known brands and there's always the guy who never heard of any of the brands so go figure.
I have the same machine, purchased about the same time. Mine is 5 hp, though. I think I paid north of $1000 for it--quite a princely sum at the time. Here in Virginia it might fetch $500. It's been relegated to the back of the shop and gets pulled out when I need to run mouldings since I now have a 20 inch planer. I'd keep it if at all possible. roll it out of the way, under a bench. You never know when you will need 100 feet of cherry crown moulding for that kitchen project...
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