The Makita KP312 is a 12-1/4 in portable planer for timber framers, log home builders and carpenters, dressing a full 12-1/4 in width up to 1/8 in deep in a single pass.

One pass per face handles most timbers, instead of overlapping tracks from a small planer. The 15 amp motor turns 12,000 RPM, and a grooved poly V-belt carries the power to the double-edged high speed steel blades for an even cut. A front roller rides over rough stock, the large ejection chute clears wet or dry chips without clogging, and the spring-loaded stand lifts the base to protect the blades and the work between passes. The 33 ft cord leaves the top of the handle, so it stays out of the way on long passes. We stock the replacement blades.

Mosaburo Makita founded Makita in Nagoya, Japan, in March 1915 as an electric motor sales and repair company. In 1958 it started selling portable electric planers, the first made in Japan, and in 1970 it set up Makita U.S.A. Its head office has been in Anjo, Japan, since 1945.