Thread: never seen this coming

Wow, fortunately you were not injured. I hope they offered to give you something toward buying another planer.

Lucky it wasn't your good planer! I'm sure it can be fixed...

I WOULD HATE TO TRY AND FIX IT,it was my good craftsmen,a makita copy,i have just spent money converting it to tungsten inserts, if anyone wants it for spares they are welcome to it,there is also a spare armature comes with it, and t a new belt otherwise landfill......bob

I've had a similar result on a hard knot with a makita planer ones, it does give a bit of a shock! Same as when you accidently catch the cord in it.

Gee wilikas. Rekon they owe you a new plane for that. Sorry about the accident, rekon I wold have needed clean pants on after that one.

holy moly ..I'd be hanging it up in a prominent position ....and pointing to it whenever someone wants a planing job done

Ouch!

The woodworking group I belong to has a little metal finding wand they make you wave over any reclaimed wood you want to put through the thicknesser to avoid this sort of thing - not sure of cost but could be worth a look to avoid future issues, or maybe a stud finder will work just as well. I've found all sorts of weird metal bits leftover in pallets I've salvaged.

Ouch!

I used to regularly shatter the tungsten inserts, but never have I seen the likes of that. Are you sure your game to try another one?

Robert

Ouch

Years ago was renting a house which had a sticking door.
The agent came around and did something similar to his plane.

It was really difficult to show sympathy

Must have been one helluva bolt.

Mick

I nicked a latch screw and all I did was destroy the blade. Glad you are able to tell us the story.

After reading the thread "Best Nail Detector in Recycled Timber" guess we can add electric planes.

Originally Posted by robyn2839

I WOULD HATE TO TRY AND FIX IT,it was my good craftsmen,a makita copy,i have just spent money converting it to tungsten inserts, if anyone wants it for spares they are welcome to it,there is also a spare armature comes with it, and t a new belt otherwise landfill......bob

Hi Bob, bit of a fright there by the looks....I have a a dead..ish makita that looks to be the same model as yours, it needs a new armature to get it going so if you don't decide to hang it on your wall I could make use of it for parts, I might even hang it on my wall as a reminder of what can happen.


Pete

Happend to me as a apprentice hit a peice of 3/8 steel rod that had been embeded in a sheet of particle board, the distributer of the particle board replaced the planer plus the sheet of board