Metabo DH330

Did my research on these, found a guy on youtube that's given his hours of abuse the only issue being clogging. His conclusion was that the dust port narrows too much as it enters the extraction manifold, as some wood...View More shaving are quite long or curly esp. from softwoods, and after an hour of use/blocking/unblocking i agreed with him. Making it bigger would help sort of but it would also decrease the air speed at that point and I assume (hope) the manufacturer experimented with various sizesView Less

I'm a hobby woodworker and make items of furniture for my own use. I depend greatly on having a decent planing machine to smooth out boards of raw timber. I could buy a machine costing thousands of pounds but these are...View More designed for commercial use. What I needed was a reliable machine for use about an hour each day. This Metabo fits the bill admirably and is much sturdier than previous machines selling at around the same price.View Less

Brilliant bit of kit and very good value at the price. Metabolism are a long established German company who has a reputation for quality. They certainly hit the mark with this. Cannot fault it's performance and ease of use.

Arrived very quickly, two days before scheduled. It was a gift so I cant personally comment, but husband is very pleased with it

Very satisfied with this machine. The end results are amazing.