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Silverline 344944 1800W Bench Planer 150 mm

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Brand Silverline
Material Metal
Colour Multicolored
Product dimensions 61L x 24W x 36H centimetres
Item weight 9.7 Kilograms

About this item

  • 3 mm max planing depth
  • 150 mm max planing width
  • Adjustable fence tilts between 90° and 135°
  • Built-in extraction port
  • Anti-kickback device

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Technical Specifications

  • Power: 1800 W
  • No Load Speed: 12,000 rpm
  • Max Planing Depth: 3 mm
  • Max Planing Width: 150 mm

Silverstorm 344944 1800 W Bench Planer

Solid and sturdy, the Silverstorm Bench Planer will be an integral part of your workshop or garage setup.

Boasting a 1800 W motor, hardwood, softwood and plastics are rapidly cut with no fuss, quickly getting you to your desired finish. This makes it ideal for carpenters, hobbyists, those in the construction industry or DIYers with an interest in woodworking.

The Silverstorm 344944 has a 150 mm maximum planing width, with a 3 mm max planing depth. A built-in extraction function ensures chippings, sawdust and debris are quickly removed from the workpiece during engagement, so the area stays clean and tidy to improve efficiency (as well as making life easier when clearing up).

The included adjustable fence aids precision and accuracy and can be adjusted between 45 degree and 90 degree to give the user excellent control and cope with irregular-shaped stock.

Mains-powered with a heavy-duty, cast metal base, it provides consistent power and quality results, matched with durability.

A proactive anti-kickback safeguard prevents dangerous blade movements and promotes smooth operation and the blade cover prevents debris from flicking up towards the user.

Although you'd hopefully never have to use it, an emergency stop button will instantly cease operation as a precaution against damage or injury.

Key Features

150 mm planing width and 3 mm depth for fast stock removal.

Adjustable fence tilts between 45 degree and 90 degree for ideal user control.

Built-in dust extraction port compatible with most dust extractors.


As an ISO 9001 accredited company, every Silverline product is subjected to a thorough testing procedure and manufactured in order to meet industry standards.

Silverline is a brand that actively engages with its customers and is the Official Tool Supplier to the British Sailing Team* and Nascar Whelen Euro Series*.

*Sponsorship details correct as of December 2015

Silverline Tools

About the Brand

Silverline Tools has been producing high-quality hand and power tools for over 35 years. Spanning 26 categories and including over 5,000 products for use in the home, garden and workshop, the comprehensive Silverline range includes everything from drills and decorating tools to screwdrivers and safety wear.

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Customers find the hardware planer's size suitable for small jobs and projects. They say it's a good tool and useful for light to medium work. However, some customers have mixed opinions on its functionality, value for money, ease of use, and build quality.

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5 customers mention ‘Tool size’5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the tool's size. They find it useful for small jobs and light to medium work. The tool is described as a small version of a great tool, and it works well on shorter projects. It offers good value for money and will be useful on many projects.

"Very good for the small jobs I needed." Read more

"...it to be bigger, but that’s on me, what it is, is a small version of a great tool and it works great on shorter pieces it’s quite hard to plane long..." Read more

"...It does the job for a small workshop." Read more

"Nice unit, ideal for light to medium work, good finish,blades are hard abut hard to get hold of if you damage them." Read more

20 customers mention ‘Functionality’12 positive8 negative

Customers have different views on the product's functionality. Some find it useful and well-made, while others say it's not suitable for its intended purpose.

"Very good indeed" Read more

"Cheap and cheerful, it works, not perfect, but for the price, it's a good buy." Read more

"...me, what it is, is a small version of a great tool and it works great on shorter pieces it’s quite hard to plane long pieces I found but I don’t..." Read more

"Really good product for the price . Easy to use but not sure why they have not done replacement blaces." Read more

16 customers mention ‘Value for money’10 positive6 negative

Customers have different views on the product's value for money. Some find it useful and a good buy, while others mention that it's poorly made with a cracked plastic body.

"Cheap and cheerful, it works, not perfect, but for the price, it's a good buy." Read more

"Awful and not worth the money, very, very disappointed. Nowhere does it say that it has a limit to the height of the piece to be planed "safely"...." Read more

"Excellent for the money , very good even planing ." Read more

"...don’t think it’s really designed for that, so product is good and value for money and will be useful on many of my projects." Read more

14 customers mention ‘Ease of use’9 positive5 negative

Customers have different experiences with the planer's ease of use. Some find it simple to set up and use, providing good even planing. Others mention that it's difficult to set up accurately, requires a lot of finessing, and needs assembly without instructions.

"...It's worth spending some time setting it up (as per the instructions) to ensure the fence is square and the table is correctly calibrated...." Read more

"Excellent for the money , very good even planing ." Read more

"...If you on't mind tinkering, it can be made usable but requires too much finessing in order to yield only average results...." Read more

"Really good product for the price . Easy to use but not sure why they have not done replacement blaces." Read more

8 customers mention ‘Build quality’3 positive5 negative

Customers have different views on the build quality of the planer. Some find it suitable for light to medium work and a nice tool, while others mention it's poorly made with flimsy parts like the guide and blade guard.

"...Manufacturing quality is so low that the printed scale has the zero for mm and inches about 1/2mm apart...." Read more

"Nice unit, ideal for light to medium work, good finish,blades are hard abut hard to get hold of if you damage them." Read more

"Not a bad tool for the money just the guide is a bit flimsy as is the blade guard. Apart from that it is ok" Read more

"...be bad enough, but the brackets that hold the fence in place are so shoddlily ,manufactured that aligning the fence is also impossible...." Read more

Not fit for purpose. Turns straight wood into bent wood
1 out of 5 stars
Not fit for purpose. Turns straight wood into bent wood
Impossible to do what it is meant to do, which is cut straight and square. The replacement had the same faultThe out feed table was manufactured with a significant bend in it (2mm over it’s length) with the bend starting close to the cutter block, and it was not aligned with the in feed table across the width. The outfield table was also cupped by 1mm.This makes planing cut an arc into the wood, and makes straight wood become bent, the opposite of what the tool is supposed to do.Manufacturing quality is so low that the printed scale has the zero for mm and inches about 1/2mm apart.The fence took an hour to set up because tightening the bolts that hold it moves the fence, and the more you tighten the more it moves.The only advantage of this machine is the price compared with identically made but differently coloured and branded machines on Amazon. Be careful of them all.
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2017
    I have only had chance to test it out a couple of times so I can't comment on reliability or how long the blades last, but I'm very happy with what it can do. It's worth spending some time setting it up (as per the instructions) to ensure the fence is square and the table is correctly calibrated. I had to mess around fitting some extra washers behind the fence to get the angle correct but this wasn't really a big deal. I tested it with some wood from an old pallet and was very pleased to find that I ended up with some nicely planed planks with square edges. It is a noisy machine and I highly recommend bolting it to your work bench so it doesn't walk off when in use. I'm surprised that it doesn't come with a push stick because you don't want your fingers anywhere near those spinning blades, I would also recommend safety glasses and definitely use the extraction port to vacuum away the plentiful wood shavings.
    20 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2023
    Cheap and cheerful, it works, not perfect, but for the price, it's a good buy.
    One person found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2021
    Excellent for the money , very good even planing .
    One person found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2024
    Very good indeed
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2020
    Awful and not worth the money, very, very disappointed. Nowhere does it say that it has a limit to the height of the piece to be planed "safely". By removing the guard any sized wood can be planed BUT with the guard removed there is nothing stopping the timber kicking back. So here goes, the MAXIMUM DEPTH IS LIMITED TO 65mm...it differs from one end of the guard to the next due to the support bracket being held onto the machine by the thinnest piece of tin they could find. I know size isn't important but the picture makes this thing look huge when it certainly is not. The base of the machine is a plastic shell masquerading as metal. The extraction orifice isn't a standard UK size so this will need to be adapted. I have 4 off 100mm x 100mm posts to plane on all 4 sides, not looking forward to it, wish me luck!!
    11 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2020
    Apologies in advance but other reviews have already said pretty much everything I would (both good and bad) so instead I thought I'd try to help other owners who might be having difficulties. I was getting frustrated that none of the planed results seemed to have a right-angle anywhere among them no matter how carefully I set up the fence or fed the workpieces. They were visibly off by a good 3 or 4 degrees even after a very careful setup. If you're having this problem too, there are 2 main issues which are easily fixable and 1 which is less so. I'll deal with the easy ones first.

    Firstly, the fence. As others have already noted, it's pretty bad; not well fitting and not able to stand up at a full 90 degrees. The issue is that the brackets holding the whole assembly to the machine force the fence out of true when fully tightened, and there is not enough tolerance left in the vertical fence guides to compensate. This means that the fence sits at about a 92-93 degree angle from the bed at maximum. I tried to file the bracket to allow a little more movement but there was so little metal to play with that I was scared of weakening it to the point of failure.
    My solution (and I'm not proud of this) is a few hits with a deadblow mallet on each of the black uprights behind the fence, and checking each time with a try square until it lined up. This works but start gently! I'm sure there is a more engineering solution but this worked for me.

    Secondly, I made the mistake of assuming that the blade had been set up at the factory when it was installed so I hadn't immediately checked it. I wish I had as when I finally eliminated the fence issue and still wasn't getting good cuts, I had a close look at the blade with a straight edge and saw immediately that it was lower on one side that the other. I followed the blade replacement guide in the utterly appalling manual and was eventually able to loosen the ridiculously tight nuts (hint: they loosen clockwise when looking from the infeed bed to the outfeed bed) and then used the supplied gauge to reseat them. This isn't particularly tricky but no matter what, wear cut-proof gloves and keep the drum in an upright position otherwise it's possible to set the blade level but so high that it will hit the infeed bed (make sure you fully rotate the drum by hand with the infeed bed on the 0mm mark before firing it up).

    Final tip is to ensure that you press on the curved ends of the alignment gauge with finger and thumb of one hand and not the top bar whilst you retighten the nuts. This is because the spring pressure behind the blades is just sufficient to lift the ends and ruin the alignment unless each is held flush to the outfeed bed.

    These are the 2 easy fixes which made the machine usable for me. However the other elephant in the room is the aforementioned infeed and outfeed beds. Not only are these not perfectly flat, but because only the infeed table adjusts, there's a notable fulcrum around the blade drum, especially at the lowest depth settings. At best, this results in a snipe and at worst a tapered cut. The "solution" to this is a better machine design, but a workaround (short of stripping the machine and shimming) is, counterintuitively, to use a higher setting (1mm rather than 0.5mm). The reason for this is that the higher settings lower the infeed table down and away from the drum bringing it more level with the outfeed. This means less of a pivot over the blade drum but obviously more material being removed so test setting with scrap wood first.

    Overall, I wouldn't buy this again nor recommend it to any but the most cash-strapped diy-er (like me!). If you on't mind tinkering, it can be made usable but requires too much finessing in order to yield only average results.

    Hope this helps someone.
    78 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2023
    Very good for the small jobs I needed.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2022
    In my true click and buy way without reading info correctly, I didn’t read this one , and I expected it to be bigger, but that’s on me, what it is, is a small version of a great tool and it works great on shorter pieces it’s quite hard to plane long pieces I found but I don’t think it’s really designed for that, so product is good and value for money and will be useful on many of my projects.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Piet Joosten
    2.0 out of 5 stars Beschadigd
    Reviewed in Belgium on 28 January 2024
    Helaas kwam het toestel met een afgebroken voet! Het is ondanks dit stabiel, maar ja...beschadigd...
  • Gabriele
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ottima per piccoli lavori
    Reviewed in Italy on 23 April 2023
    Ottima per piccoli lavori. Non adatta all'utilizzo prolungato per surriscaldamento.
    Consiglio la rimozione della gratta metallica alla base in quanto lascia accumulare troppa segatura e conseguente surriscaldamento.
    Meglio piallare a spessori non superiori ad 1mm e preferire fare più passate. Eviterete di mettere troppo in sforzo il motore.

    Ovviamente da usare con un'adeguata aspirazione come ogni utensile di questo tipo.
  • kiks
    5.0 out of 5 stars bon produit
    Reviewed in France on 1 March 2023
    le produit semble de bonne qualité on verra à l'usage c'est l'avenir qui nous le dira
    pourquoi mettre une clé qui ne sert a rien il n'y a que deux boulons à serrer par contre il y a un dizaine de vis et pas de tournevis
    les gens qui achètent ce genre de matériel ont les outils nécessaires.
    par contre aucune information sur le montage et démontage des fers et les références pour en changer
    après utilisation impossible de trouver des fers de rechange même silverline n'en propose pas
    donc pour les futurs acheteur : produit a éviter
  • ANTONIO MARTIN PALLARES
    5.0 out of 5 stars LA CALIDAD Y EL PRECIO
    Reviewed in Spain on 6 October 2019
    Menudo Cepillo de carpintero no se puede pedir mas con un precio increíble. Si os gusta la carpintería no
    lo dudéis este es el cepillo ideal con sus 15 cms. de ancho 65 cms de largo. De sobremesa ligero en su peso fácil de transportar, regulacion milimetrica exacta , Hacia mucho tiempo que lo andaba buscando si es cierto que en el mercado hay multitud pero no a este precio tan asequible
    Saludos ANTONIO MARTIN

    AMPLIACION DEL COMENTARIO UN ANO DESPUES
    Os he de comentar que la maquina va perfecta que lahecho trabajar de lo lindo en un ano el unico inconviniente
    es el recambio de cuchillas muy complicado de encontrarlas mande un emeil ha Silverline y la respusta fue que
    me dirigiera a un distribuidor si conoceis alguno en este pais hacermelo llegar os lo agradecere
    SALUDOS ANTONIO MARTIN
  • Harry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super für die Hobbywerkstatt
    Reviewed in Germany on 22 January 2019
    Ich habe den Abrichthobel praktisch täglich im Einsatz, auch für Hartholz und das problemlos. Für alle kleineren Teile unter 1m perfekt. Sehr einfach einzustellen und sehr präzise, habe ich eigentlich um diesen Preis nicht erwartet. Klare Kaufempfehlung