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   AlanMikkelsen | May 15, 2005 02:25am | #1

   There was one in our local paper a week or so ago, asking $1000.

   Alan & Lynette Mikkelsen, Mountain View Farm, est. 1934,  Gardens & Fine Woodworking, St. Ignatius, MT

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   Tom7 | May 15, 2005 02:48am | #2

   I have had a 2030 for 18-20 years.  It cost about $1,500 new.  A good price for a used one would be $500.  The 2030 is a terrific machine.  It weighs 250+ pounds with lots of cast iron.  The 12" planer can plane for hours, just keeps going and going.  The 6" jointer has very long infeed and outfeed tables so it is a joy to use on long boards.  Overall, the 2030 is a heavy duty workhouse that I have logged many hours on.  The newer planers are light duty toys in comparison.  If you can get a good price, buy it.  Besides sharpening the blades, I have only had to have the planer rollers recovered with polyurethane once after over a 1000 hours of use.

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   agk | May 15, 2005 09:55pm | #3

   Hi Tom,

   Thank you for ithe information. It sounds like you have gotten great service from your makita. Does your makita 2030 have a dust system or is one available or can something be retro fited to hande the dusts and shavings. How do you handle this problem.

   Do you have an on line source for parts. Do you think that the availablity of parts might be a problem in the next 5 or so years? 

   Thanks George

    

    

    

    

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   Tom7 | May 16, 2005 05:10am | #4

   George,

   About four years ago, I had to have the planer rollers recovered.  I called Makita and they had all the parts and were willing to recondition the rollers and check everything out so they had all the parts then.  I bet they will keep the 2030 parts indefinitely as these machines last forever.  I suggest calling Makita at (800) 462-5482 and talk to the service department to see what they say about parts.

   By the way, Makita is expensive for parts.  If you are buying a used 2030 and the planer rollers need recovered, Western Roller in Bend, OR (http://www.westernroller.com) does a fantastic job of recovering the rollers.  It cost me $120 to have both rollers recovered versus new ones from Makita for $271.  Makita offered a complete reconditioning service for the 2030 for $500 four years ago.  That was far too much money when all I needed was the rollers recovered.  The 2030 is very easy to work on.  I am not a good machine mechanic but I was able to get the rollers off, send them off and replcae them without incident.

   The 2030 does not come with a dust chute.   But it is easy to make one from some aluminum HVAC fittings available at any Lowe's or Home Depot.  Use one of those fittings with a rectangle at one end and a round outlet at the other end.  I modified the rectangle end just a bit so it would slide in where the chips exit the planer.  It is a nice friction fit.  I hooked it to a 1.0 HP Delta dust collector on a 55 gal. drum and then a 1.5 HP Oneida dust collector and it picks up all the dust and chips.  I had used this arrangement for more than 10 years.  I stopped using it a year or so ago.  It was just too much of a hassle to keep emptying the container of chips as it filled up fast.  Since I have a basement shop with a door, I just open the door, run a large fan to exhaust the dust, wear a dust mask and let the chips fly.  For me, it is much faster and works for my shop.

   By the way, I work with a lot of hard maple.  Startiing with rough cut maple, I joint one face to get a flat face.  The 2030 jointer is 60" long and one pass is plenty to get the face flat.  The jointer can hog off 1/8" in one pass if needed.  Then the planer is quick at taking off 1/16" at a time.  It can do more at a pass but 1/16" works best.  Then I use a Performax 16-32 drum sander with 120 grit paper to remove the planer marks and get to the final thickness.  It works like a dream.  The 2030 is the heart of it.  I couldn't be happier with it.  I have planed maple for 6 hours straight and it just keeps on going.

   Best - Tom

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   jackiechan | May 16, 2005 07:50am | #6

   Buzz,

   I've ordered replacement parts for my Makita 2040 planer from ereplacementparts.com.  They have the parts for your machine.

   http://ereplacementparts.com/advanced_search_result_category.php?search_in_description=1&keywords_category=2030Dan Kornfeld, Owner/President - Odyssey Wood Design, Inc.

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   mikegagne | May 16, 2005 06:03am | #5

   You can make hoods with sheet metal that will work well. The small size needed means even a small DC will work. My first jointer/planer was a 2030 and I had it hooked up and working very well. Noisy buggers though arent they? Aloha, Mike

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   stabilimenta | Jul 25, 2011 11:39am | #7

   dust collector for a Makita 2030 planer

   I made a dust collector for my Makita 2030 using some sheet metal and a coffee can. It works great. Only problem is that it only works for the planer, not for the joiner part. The sheet metal part has tabs that are pop-riveted into the can. The seams are sealed with silicone caulk. It doesn't make any mess when planing.