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The Makita 1002BA is a 4-3/8 inch Curved Base Planer. The planer is used for creating arches and arcs in timbers and working on scarfs in logs. Large two-handed design for maximum control of cutter. Large front grip for control and fine depth adjustment. Large chip ejection chute. Adjustable bevel radius to 11-13/16 inch. Bevel base is factory adjusted for notching out logs at a 12-5/8 inch radius. Perfect tool for Timber Frambers and Log Home builders.
Mission Ready
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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Laverty
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2023
This is a very good planer, for log and Timber construction.It would be made better if the belt housing was build heavier and not a flimsy piece of tin = which gets bent easily and can rub the belt.
Evan Hansen
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
Great value.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2019
Worked great, no shortage of power at the knives.
josh angell
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2019
This is not a pretty tool, no pretty colors or machined castings, but is absolutely a workhorse. A little heavy but it plows through wood and gives me the impression it will last for years. Made in Japan, it is an old school Makita tool, ugly, functional, and built to last.
Matt
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2018
Great for adding a hand hewn effect to wood timber work once the blades have been custom ground.
Lee
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2018
This thing is awesome! Built my log house with it.
Colin
Reviewed in Canada on June 18, 2017
I love this curved planer. It saves me almost 15 minutes of time if I had sanded one piece of oak stave. Is the surface ever smooth. yippee! Colin
Montana carpenter
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2015
This tool is fantastic. If you need a concave planner to sculpt wood - a lot of wood - this is a workhorse. I would highly recommend this tool.
Christa C
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2014
I purchased this planer in the spring to do some log work on a short out of town job. This winter I got around to removing and resharpening the blades. When I took the blades off one of the two was completely bent up, ruined the other was fine. Under the ruined blade some wood "chunks" had lodged themselves between the cutter-head and the blades. It seemed to me to be a simple mistake of the factory having not tightening down the cap screws well enough. After sending the blade back to Makita with a letter of explanation, Makita is not covering the damage... and claims that I should have checked the cap screws before use! To me this would be like buying a new car and then taking out a torc wrench and checking that your tire lug nuts are properly tightened before you leave the dealership! Honestly who would do this and why would this be "normal" behavior. Besides this one unfortunate glitch, which has to do more with a rigid company policy than the tool itself, the tool is a lot of fun.
Eric
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2013
love this power tool - took me minutes to create the adzed look to my overhead beams - the company selling the specialty curved blades would do well to install a simple blade application direction to keep the user from serious mishaps. one star off for lack of directions, but otherwise love it.
Craig's creative style
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2012
This curved planer was perfect for the custom wood benches I was making from monkeypod logs and slabs. It made short work of normal board grain and powered through the end grain cuts time and again with steady pressure.I must have made at least 35-40+ end grain cuts on a piece 15"x15" no sap wood ! This was repeated 8 times total !! This tool saved Me enough hours to pay for it and gave me a nice graceful curve...It will take a little practice and you better be willing to turn the foot knob up and down as you cut, as THIS AFFECTS THE RADIUS OF YOUR ANGLE CUT..at smallest curve possible.. Total depth of wood cut for my project was about 21" 15" was end grain, full 21" depth/ht cut in one pass some short, others full length, as stock was needed to be removed for the shape. I'm very pleased with this tool....Do wish the carbide blades were cheaper! Aloha Craig.
no name
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2012
First and foremost, Amazon advertises this item as an 11 amp "power house". Actually it has a 9.6 amp motor. Thats a 14.5% exaggeration. Other than that little misrepresentation, I like this tool. It has a nice solid feel to it, which also means its a little on the heavy side. The exhaust port is large enough so that it doesn't clog. Operating this planer takes a little getting used to. By that, I mean because the base is curved, the cutter head doesn't automatically come in contact with the wood. But after some practice. I got the hang of it. Since this is the only curved base planer I found out there, I'm going out on a limb and calling this the best curved base planer on the market.
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