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Ryobi AP1301 planer. Suddenly started getting ripples in wood.parallel to blades. Tried reversing blades to unused side, made no difference.Only trying to take of about 1/16". Stock is 17"x1.25"x1.25"
Re: Ryobi AP1301 planer. Suddenly started getting...
CHECK THE ROLLERS THAT PULL THE WOOD THRU, I HAD TO REPLACE MINE FOR THE SAME REASON.
IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF USE YOU WILL SEE WORN FLAT SPOTS ON THE ROLLERS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM
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check the motor for a thermal over load button
to stop it over heating take more lighter cuts as the motor is a small motor compared to what the cut can be
go to home depot and purchase DELTA 12 1/2 inch blades. make sure they are centered so they don't rub the sides of the housing or grind off a little bit off each end.
Using Allen key (stored in heel of planer) slacken off the 2 sets of 3 screws that clamp the blade in place. One 360 degree turn should be enough
Use piece of wood or flat screwdriver blade to slide old blade out the side of the blade track.
Rake any dirt out of the blade track with screwdriver blade.
Slide in new blades, check it is correctly centred and tighten screws. Take care not to over-tighten.
Repeat with second blade.
Carefully rotate blade carrier by hand checking that blades are parallel to the sole of the plane.
If blades are out of true you will need to remove them again, take off the blade clamping plates and adjust the blade locating plate, which is held in place by 2 further Allen screws.
Pictures below from Bosch manual for further information
It is fixable if you are technically competent. All parts are still available online. It could be one of two problems:
1 - The rollers are driven by two gear & chain mechanisms on the height adjuster side of the unit. I did have a drive chain break once.
2 - If it isn't that than the gearbox has cracked / gear stripped under the torque load. This is also fixable, each individual gear and the gearbox housing are still available (10-09), but it requires substaintial teardown.
As you disassemble the unit just be careful once you remove the crossover height adjuster shaft - you don't want to turn one lifter by itself and have the planer higher on one side. It really is a simple teardown, just lots of parts. If you like the planer it is worth it; parts are cheap. If you are like me, you enjoy tearing stuff down to see how it's made and you hate throwing out $200 tools because only one little part broke!
If I had to pick, I would get the planer first. That way you can at least get your lumber pretty darn close to flat and parallel. Furthermore you can resize your lumber when necessary. But that’s just my opinion.
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