Powermatic PM15 15″ Planer-Molder: Lets you Fulfil all your Carpentry Needs at Home

If you love to handle a tool that speaks of accuracy, versatility and dependability, opt for the PM15 15″ Planer Molder from Powermatic for all your carpentry needs in your home improvement projects. This tool is a planer and also a molder, so it allows you to do both the functions effective and efficiently.

This tool comes with dual capabilities, a cut width of 15″ and a maximum thickness capacity of 6 ½ “. This is the standard requirements which woodworkers require for their home improvement projects. This tool’s minimum material length is 8” and a maximum cut depth of 1/8″. It can be equipped with moulding cutters and the knife shape helps regulate the maximum cut depth. The machine has been specially designed to provide moulds with a single cut.

This interesting DIY tool from Powermatic comes with a 5HP-1 phase 230 V motor that helps power it through a set of pulleys. These pulleys are connected to the cutter head with the help of V belts. The motor is housed inside a base cabinet placed on a pivoting mount, which has a belt tension adjuster.

These motors are the best in the market. They come with a 5 year manufacturer’s warranty which is one of the longest duration warranty provided by tool manufacturers. This powermatic might be more expensive, than say the budget Draper Planar PT782, but the difference in the motor is entirely worth it. With a powerful motor like this, the tool is both dependable and of excellent quality. Wheels fixed to the base of the cabinet allow for easy manoeuvrability of the tool.