The Palm Planer (Product Code: PPM) features a 420W motor. This is about half the power of a solid regular sized power planer, but given that this tool does not take as much material off in a pass, due to its smaller blade and max depth cutting capacity, a larger motor doesn't seem warranted. MAKITA TD132DZ battery Plus, to have a small power tool such as this, you can't go too big in the power department, otherwise it is no longer a "small" tool. 420W of power proved to be more than am...