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My father died in 1990. He gave me among other things his Shopsmith Planer, which was brand new and unused. I have had it stored ever since and need to sell it, as I have never used it.

What is it worth in new condition? It has power feed and the white plastic film is still on the deck.

Is it the type that mounts on the shopsmith or a freestanding "Pro" version? Unless you can find a local buyer, shipping is what becomes difficult with these units if you sell it on E-Bay - big and heavy and shipping would be expensive, which would likely limit the amount of $$ one would bid on it. Depending on where you live, you may or may not have an easy time selling it on CraigsList locally. Seems like ~$400 is about the top price I usually see these sell for.

I purchased one for $300. Great value.

I have have one for 25 years or more and sold my bellsaw one. I would jump at a new one like that for $400. I would try for $500 and then go down if you have too. I would give you $200 today and you ship it then it would only cost me $400 alltogether. Seriously I love mine as well as all my SS tools,

I have the remains of a few planers that was not boxed well when shipped. I found that I had to use a 3/4" plywood base bolted to the bottom of the planer and large enough to allow a 2X4 frame to be built around the planer and covered with 3/8" plywood. I used screws and glue for each shipping box with a screw on cover. I put the table at its lowest position and packed the feed motor and control box inside the planer. The total weight was around 70 to 75 pds so you need to check with the shipping service to see what the max weight and sizes are allowed. You may want to check out FedEx Freight to ship the planer. I do not believe any cardboard box can handle the shipping of the planer without damage.

I drove 425 miles roundtrip and paid $700 for the one I have. Don't aim too low to start.

theheater wrote:
What is it worth in new condition? It has power feed and the white plastic film is still on the deck.

Don't know what part of the country you are from but I live in central North Carolina. Prices here range from $200 - $400 on a used Shopsmith planer. While you will never see the price of what they are new now, $1774 for a stand mount or $1395 for a way tube mount, don't sell yourself short on a never used one. If you use Craigslist make sure you don't just say excellent condition but give it a story line. The extra words don't cost anything. It also costs to ship a new one from Shopsmith so remind your buyer in the dealing. But better yet buy a Shopsmith to go with it and make sawdust it's a great hobby.

theheater wrote:My father died in 1990. He gave me among other things his Shopsmith Planer, which was brand new and unused. I have had it stored ever since and need to sell it, as I have never used it.

What is it worth in new condition? It has power feed and the white plastic film is still on the deck.

Where is the planer located. If it is in the right location I just might save you the trouble of shipping.

To reply to the first question about this planer, it is the floor standing, power feed model.

It is BRAND NEW, not used.

I am planning to sell it for local pickup only. Not going to deal with shipping something like this. I have not decided how many avenues I will use, but possibly eBay (local pick up only), and probably Craigslist. It sounds from the replies that a new one now is quite a bit of money. It sounds like $500 would be cheap for one of these that is New Old Stock.

I have some accessories with it too, not sure what they are but it had boxes of stuff that came with the planer when I moved it out of my dad's home.

I am in Auburn, Washington. About 25 minutes south of Seattle.

billmayo wrote:I have the remains of a few planers that was not boxed well when shipped. I found that I had to use a 3/4" plywood base bolted to the bottom of the planer and large enough to allow a 2X4 frame to be built around the planer and covered with 3/8" plywood. I used screws and glue for each shipping box with a screw on cover. I put the table at its lowest position and packed the feed motor and control box inside the planer. The total weight was around 70 to 75 pds so you need to check with the shipping service to see what the max weight and sizes are allowed. You may want to check out FedEx Freight to ship the planer. I do not believe any cardboard box can handle the shipping of the planer without damage.

I am well acquainted with how Bill packages heavy things(1.75 hp planer motor for example). Much stout wood and a gazillion screws.

The planer is notorious for getting damaged during 'transport'. Those jack screws were not intended to be shock absorbers!:eek: