I Bought ALL THE WEN TOOLS! Let's Review.

There's a reason why WEN tools are cheaper than the big name brands which we go over in detail. But besides one MAJOR issue I would feel comfortable recommending any one of these tools to the budget minded woodworker.

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[MakeSomething]

UPDATE: Wen is shipping a new planer to me this week.
UPDATE 2: New planer has been delivered. Will unbox it this weekend.
UPDATE 3: New planer works perfectly. 5 Stars.

[CherrieMcKenzie]

I have a mix of brands in my shop and can proudly say Wen has worked for me. I started out with the Dewalt table saw and planer but went with the Wen band saw, jointer, and drum sander to complete my shop and have never looked back. Some of the points you raised are valid but they get the job done for someone like me who is a weekend woodworker. I lusted after a jointer for the longest time. Wen made it possible. 😃

[Mourning-Sun]

As someone who's interested in getting into woodworking, I cannot thank you enough for these budget minded tools videos. They are fantastic and the insight you bring to them with your years of experience is invaluable. Thank you so much!

[chrisgenovese]

i have numerous Wen tools, and none have failed me. ive had them for years, and im STILL blown away at the quality to price ratio.

[gregsafford]

I have a WEN planer (about 2 years old) and it's been great to work with... Of course mine came with all the parts! Another key point about WEN is that they make replacement parts for a lot longer than some other brands, so you should be able to repair them down the road.

[upthoughts]

Hey all, I have the WEN bandsaw mentioned in this video. Two important facts if you have one. First, Timberwolf blades will break in this saw. I talked to the folks at Timberwolf and they said their blades don't do well on smaller bandsaw wheels like this one. They recommended Olsen and those have worked beautifully for me. (Still love Timberline on my bigger bandsaw). Second, I replaced the tires with Blue Max Polyurethane tires and it drastically improved the tracking. With these two improvements, it has been a great saw for me. Like others, I've had great luck with the WEN brand.

[timothyplumley]

I recently was setting up dust collection on my planer that was purchased in 2020, and they sent me parts that I had lost free within 2 business days. Great service and 5 machines later, and would still recommend highly.

[robertwhitten]

My wife is doing woodworking projects in her craft room. We purchased a number of Wen tools for craft room. Its been two year's and they all have worked perfect.

[barryhalstead]

Being a single dad with 5 kids I had to quit my job and for the first time in my life at the age of 42 I had to be home for my son who's non verbal due to no day care in my county here in west Virginia so I've been woodworking to make money and with that said I don't have the money to buy the red or the green tools so I've found that Wen products are right with my budget and from my experience they all work and get the job done. Love your videos thanks for taking the time to make your videos. Be safe God bless

[hustlinghard]

I have the WEN mini lathe for pen turning and it is AWESOME!! It is dial speed adjusted motor too which is why I went with it. I've had it for 5 years and no issue whatsoever!

[ericniemi]

The torsion spring tension can be adjusted on all (most) drill presses.

[nd-place]

I love all of my Wen tools and they have been great. I have the bigger variable speed drill press, the band saw, the small lathe, the biscuit joiner, an air filtration system, the belt and disc sander, and the variable speed bench grinder. Most of my other tools are Dewalt and Porter-Cable and they fit in nicely in that quality tier. I agree about the knobs on some of their products.

[KellyEUTAH]

I really hope there will be an update review on the planer. Both how the company handled the replacement or repair, if at all, and hopefully seeing it in action.
It was the tool I watched the video for, and I too was greatly disappointed in its condition.

[danervin]

Gosh. I acknowledge, and appreciate, your subtleties. The amount of intentional small little chuckles in your videos is continually refreshing. Your channel and film style is honing- and for me at least- it’s in the right direction.

[ErugoPurakushiOne]

The whole planer drama was so touching, and also I like the humor and positive attitude, and also honesty. Thank you for the very entertaining video! You have your own unique approach. Please, continue making videos :D

[JimRimSS]

Just a bit of friendly advice.First joint 1 edge, next joint 1 face, running the previously jointed edge against the fence of the jointer. After that run it through the table saw with the the jointed face down and the jointed edge against the fence. this gives you two edges that are parallel and square to 1 face.After that run it through the thickness planer flat face down. the result will be 2 parallel faces that are square to the edges. Order of operations my friends.

[Stefan_Van_pellicom]

The springback on the drill press is adjustable. Loosen the spring 1/2 turn and see what gives …

[jimboneutron]

I work for a commercial metal framing company and we are phasing out our dewalt and Milwaukee abrasive chopsaws for the wen cold cut steel chop saw. The quality is great and they run great. One of the wen blades it came with actually lasted a whole job for us. Probably well over 1000 cuts. And even with the teeth messed up a bit at the end it still made clean fast cuts. We aren’t a fan of supporting Chinese products but the big box brands are made in China too but this one is way better

[ejpierle]

WEN actually has *excellent* customer service. They will 100% fix this problem.

[jbenson]

I have the Wen digital variable speed drill press. love it. Use 2.5 inch forsner bit no problem.
Have the Wen band saw. Works fine.
I've got the 6 inch jointer. works fine.
Thanks for the reviews.