I bought a little Ryobi AP-10 planner today from a guy from church choir. He inherited a DeWalt and wanted to sell the Ryobi. I bought 106 bd ft of rough 5/4 cherry Friday and planning the first few boards through my old manual INCA planner made me pick up the phone and give him a call. It was $100, I did not dicker, and came with the blade setting jig, sharpening jig, two manuals, and all the tools shown in the manual. The blades are Ryobi so I think they are the originals and from the condition, they may have never been sharpened. Lots of steel left.
I planned the first few boards without sharpening the blades and it was a pain. The planner protested loudly, didn't want to feed well, but did the planning. Then I sharpened the blades and cut a little off both sides of the same boards. Big difference.
I have not used other planners but so far I like my little Ryobi. It seems very well made and I like the blade sharpening and setting jig. I will buy some spare knives but I have a motorized wet grinder with a 1000 grit stone that does a nice job in a reasonable amount of time on the knives. I am cheap enough to prefer blades that can be sharpened and reset.
I would like to be able to hook it up to my DC, however. I've googled for a dust hood but not found anything. It seems like I could make a replacement for the chip deflector if I have to. Any ideas where I could find a dust hood for it?
Anyway, even though it is about 20 years old, I like my new tool. The brushes show little wear so I am optimistic I will get a lot of use out of it.
I now have a Ryobi table saw (BT3100), radial arm saw (I forget the number), planner (AP-10), and router motor in my router table (R-500). I also have a 18V Ryobi drill, circular saw and jig saw. I have a Ryobi 3x21 belt sander I like a lot. I think all are good tools. I have PC routers and nailer, Milwaukee circular saw and sander, DeWalt drills and reciprocating saw and Bosch Colt and jigsaw. So I have other brands and I know some Ryobi tools are not so good but I like the ones I am mentioning.
Jim
I planned the first few boards without sharpening the blades and it was a pain. The planner protested loudly, didn't want to feed well, but did the planning. Then I sharpened the blades and cut a little off both sides of the same boards. Big difference.
I have not used other planners but so far I like my little Ryobi. It seems very well made and I like the blade sharpening and setting jig. I will buy some spare knives but I have a motorized wet grinder with a 1000 grit stone that does a nice job in a reasonable amount of time on the knives. I am cheap enough to prefer blades that can be sharpened and reset.
I would like to be able to hook it up to my DC, however. I've googled for a dust hood but not found anything. It seems like I could make a replacement for the chip deflector if I have to. Any ideas where I could find a dust hood for it?
Anyway, even though it is about 20 years old, I like my new tool. The brushes show little wear so I am optimistic I will get a lot of use out of it.
I now have a Ryobi table saw (BT3100), radial arm saw (I forget the number), planner (AP-10), and router motor in my router table (R-500). I also have a 18V Ryobi drill, circular saw and jig saw. I have a Ryobi 3x21 belt sander I like a lot. I think all are good tools. I have PC routers and nailer, Milwaukee circular saw and sander, DeWalt drills and reciprocating saw and Bosch Colt and jigsaw. So I have other brands and I know some Ryobi tools are not so good but I like the ones I am mentioning.
Jim
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