Hi,
Anyone here who's had to make a similar decision or that has used either machine?
Thanks in advance
The FW2017 Tool Guide covers the MAKITA 2012NB as follows (the other one you are considering is not there):
Of the planers with two-knife
cutterheads, the Makita produced
the best surface quality. The knives are
very narrow and a bit tricky to change,
but Makita provides two magnets for
lifting them off the cutterhead, and these
make it easier. The machine’s dust port
is an odd size, with an outside diameter
of approximately 27⁄8 in. Using an adapter
to connect it to a 4-in.-dia. hose, dust
collection was only fair. Finally, a full
revolution of the height-adjustment wheel
moves the cutterhead 3⁄32 in. The other
machines move 1⁄16 in. with a complete
revolution of the handle, a dimension
that’s much easier to work with because
the most common thicknesses for
furniture are in multiples of 1⁄16 in.
In the same Guide, the Best Overall is Dewalt 735X and Best Value Ridgid R4331. I believe they arrived at the same conclusions in the 2016 Tool Guide.