The small and mighty 40700HC benchtop planer may be diminutive in size but housed inside is a powerful 15-AMP motor with a cutterhead speed of 10,000 RPM. When lugging around an overweight planer wont do, the 56 lbs 40700HC planer can handle boards up to 12-1/2” wide and 6" thick. Like its big brother, this guy has the same spiral cutterhead with 24 indexable 2-sided inserts to ensure a smooth finish time after time. The new board return rollers make transfering the board back to the front a breeze.