That's a sign of bad power management smarts. You want it to just give it it's all until it has no more power and then stops outright.
Just got back from the DeWalt service centre, and I was pleasantly surprised. Showed the guy behind the counter the failed bushing block for the roller, and he said, "well, that's pretty weird...", then called over his boss, who said, "that's an obvious factory defect". There was a lot of porosity within the cast, which caused a huge weak area, which cracked and blew out. Even though a single replacement bushing was only $10, and I was going to get 4 new ones, he gave 4 of them to me for free as part of a "manufacturing defect warranty replacement", even though the thing has to be 5+ years old, no receipt, didn't even have it with me in the shop (they be heavy, and it was in pieces on my bench). Colour me impressed.
My father in law runs a hot rod shop that rebuilds old vehicles and turns them into pieces of art. Turns out ryobi is all they use. That settles it. I’m making the switch.
I'm telling you, they are pretty solid tools. I'm not a pro, but I'd say more than your typical hobbyist, and I'm very happy with them. (Except for their corded orbital sander... fell apart with the sanding I do, so I upgraded).
In other news, swapped the bushing, and my planer is so much better now. Like night and day better. Go figure.
I'm so fucking giddy... I'm like a school girl going out on her first date... I was just out in the shop and re-planed a bunch of boards... just because I could... and it was so easy, and worked properly. Here I was thinking that the problems I was having with the planer were due to operator error... I must have been doing something wrong... but nope, it was just the one end of the outfeed roller was able to move much more than the other 3 ends of the 2 rollers... so there was no downward, even pressure on the board as it was exiting the planer, so it was allowing the board to ride up and get sniped to shit, all while not being fed out properly, or at all in some cases. Now? Glass... the entire fucking board... smooth... as... glass... and no feed issues. Did I mention that I'm giddy over here?
Ditto on more than your typical hobbyist. I’m a firm believer in the school of “why pay someone to do it when you can do it better yourself.” Wood and metal working, and more generally building shit, is my happy place. It’s also my fallback plan if the world goes to shit and I have to find a backup job — I’m sure I could make a decent living as a carpenter and general handyman. I know a little about a lot, and a lot about a few specific areas. But you know what they say about hobbies, the moment I ever had to make a living outta it, it’d cease to be a hobby.
I filled up 2 large bags in the dust collector last night prepping a bunch of resawn pine that I picked up from the local lumber mill. Here's a little trick I learned last month from a timber framer for when you're planing wood that has a high sap content and might gum things up... grab yourself a big container of citrus-based cleaner (like that Orange Clean stuff from home depot), and an empty sprayer... dilute it 1:1 with water, and spritz the top of the board before you run it through. It keeps the rollers clean and grippy, and shit doesn't build up on the blades. Every so often I spritz the outfeed roller (while it's running), and the sap/buildup dissolves and drips off. Works like a charm.
Nice! I have to do something about dust collection because the shop vac can't keep up with that planer.
Please video this for me, as I can’t help but envision a huge mess that won’t quite work as you think it will.
I want a video of your reaction to the first test run pretty please and than you. I helped build a Chris Craft and the amount of dust off that planer could build a foundation for a house on a 25% grade. The good news is, you can re-sell that sawdust to people around your area who either have outhouses, or port-a-pottie and the like companies, as that sawdust helps catalyze composting and thus drastically reduces the frequency for pump outs.
That does look nice. I would just get a dust collector already, the 1hp Shop Fox has been doing it for me. Might even consider the 1.5hp considering what a planer creates. My neighbor gave me his old Ryobi corded orbital sander after he bought a new one and I have no complaints. This thing has been used pretty well too. That being said it is the first power sander I've ever had so I don't know better- yes using it for the first time was a revelation, definitely felt stupid for how much time I'd previously spent just hand sanding everything. *Having a good neighbor with whom you can easily share/borrow/trade stuff is awesome.
I've mentioned before that ToolGuyd.com has been an interesting resource for me when researching tools, reading reviews, and finding out about new products. But last night I stumbled upon their coded Amazon Deal Finder. If you're an amazon whore like me, this thing is invaluable (literally). Two different types of ways to search amazon for tools, at pre-selected discount rates. So much quicker and easier. This constitutes my one good deed for 2017.
Yeah, I think I have to step up my dust collection game. I bought a Hitachi 12" sliding compound miter saw yesterday. It came with a portable stand, although once I get some dedicated shop space I'm going to go with the Jay Bates miter saw station, or some variation of.