I do have a Delta 50-840 Dust Collector and was wondering if thats sufficient to hook up to the planer? Also, like i said before, if anyone can help me with some info on mods i can do myself that'd be awesome. I am converting my shed into a shaping shack so I will have more questions in the fututre. The one available was chewing the board up and I loved the hands on approach anyway.
I have shaped a few boards myself already but never did much with the electric planer. So far I am loving this site and am really glad it exsists. I am half tempted at this point to return the planer but would appreciate imput you all might have. I was wondering if this problem can be fixed by me or adjusted by me? And does the planer not really ever being zero'd out effect me for shaping? The metal shavings were a bit unnerving. I am not sure if he is still selling just the DIY kit.Īnyway, back to the shoe alignment issues. Again though, I will likely send it to Petec for modding if it doesn't seem like something I can do. If anyone has any suggstions for modding this myself I would love the info.
I am very handy and love fiddling with things and modding them myself. I would love to be able to do it myself but there is not much information around that is detailed enough for me to just jump into somehting like that. I am pretty sure I will be sending the planer out to Petec for modding. I have also read that the shoes are not level which in turn is not giving a level cut. The planer apparently will always take something off even if set to "0". I have read a lot of reviews about this problem. The blades look like they can be adjusted pretty easily but the front shoe when zero'd out is not at the same height as the rear shoe. I checked mine out and sure enough the planer shoes are not aligned perfectly. The planer seems fine but I was wondering if thats normal? Also, I have heard that this planer is pretty famous for mis-aligned shoes and blades hence the planer be discontinued. I took the belt cover off and noticed some metal shavings in the cover. I noticed a couple of things when inspecting the planer. There might be one left which leads me to my first question. As far as I can tell they are sold out everywhere in NJ now, so I guess I made up my mind at the right time. Had to drive to northern NJ to find a store that had them in stock. OK, so I finally found and bought the Bosch 1594k. Also, whats a good sander? I know the Milwaukee is great and I love their stuff but I would like to hear what everyone else thinks about this also. What planer would you reccomend buying? Modded already or DIY, what Brand, Model, etc.Ģ. Thanks for all the help and again this site is great!! Here are my two basic questions:ġ. I will keep an eye out for the Skil 100 but who knows about finding the right one.
I cannot justify the Accurate but would definitely prefer that over anything else. But would a cordless Milwaukee Planer be any good? Im a huge Milwaukee fanboy for my carpentary tools and already have the M18 Fuel Lineup stuff. Oh, and there is also the new Milwaukee M18 Cordless Planer. I would love to know what everyone else has to say about this. I like the older SB model but is that stupid being that there is the ST available now? Basically, I'm totally boggled. I really like the newer model and was wondering what everyone thinks? Also, would Petes Bosch mods work on the newer modek if I went that route. I was looking into the 1594K and stumbled across the new PL2632 model. I have not seen anything written on here about the new Bosch PL2632. I am torn between older(Hitachi) and newer(Bosch) and modded already or doing the mods myself. After all i have read about planers and sanders I am still not sure, and maybe more unsure, of what planer to buy. I'm new to the site and love all the info i've gotten so far.