Thread: HELP: Ryobi Planer Thicknesser

My Ryobi I got at Christmas is going ok. I am a novice and going through a steep learning curve.

Ryobi have a good warranty reputation. 3 years replacement warranty , so you should be OK.

I was a fan of GMC warranty once but a bit doubtful now that is why I ponied up the extra $100 to get the Ryobi. I expect mine will be with me for a while as i am making a mobile workbench to house it when not in use.

For what you paid, considering the three year replacement warranty, if you happened to get a lemon it will be swapped over. Keep us informed on how you got on with the warranty. That is the benefit of this forum, if somebody gets screwed all of Australia will know unlike the old days of snail mail.

The 1.5mm how wide was the wood?

Got any guarantee left?

next to the switc there is a little black button that cuts out when the moter gets overloaded. you have to weight about 5 mins and push it back in and away she goes agin it took me a wile to work it out first time it happend to me.

ps do yuo have the blade setting thing you could take some mesurements off for me? i got mine second hand and i didnt have one but i need to replace the blades.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

next to the switc there is a little black button that cuts out when the moter gets overloaded. you have to weight about 5 mins and push it back in and away she goes agin it took me a wile to work it out first time it happend to me.

ps do yuo have the blade setting thing you could take some mesurements off for me? i got mine second hand and i didnt have one but i need to replace the blades.

I think I have the blade setting thing but the blade came set up in the machine, out of the box so I dont know how to do it, but I am happy to try, but you will have to describe how to do it etc.

PS: tried the black button thingy- did absolutly nothing for me. I think she's a gonner

Originally Posted by Harry72

The 1.5mm how wide was the wood?

Got any guarantee left?

Wood was 10" wide- well seasoned pine, no nails etc.
Still in first year of guarantee so have over 2 years left- should be ok if I can find that damn receipt....its here somewhere.

Originally Posted by stan250

should be ok if I can find that damn receipt....its here somewhere.

Yep, keep those receipts guys. You never know when you may need them for guarantee claims.

T

Originally Posted by stan250

Hi,
I was using my AP13AK table top planer/thicknesser only for the second time.
I was halfway through taking off about 1.5mm from a pine board (second one) and it just stopped and went silent.
The electrical circuit is ok because other tools on that socket still work.
I have pressed the overload reset button a few times and still nothing. Is there anything else I can try or is this a lemon?
PS: I thought the Ryobi planer thicknesser had quite a good reputation which is why I risked buying it- anyone else had the same problem?

The little plastic buttons that hold the brushs fell off mine the other day,out they popped and she died,put them back and off she went,worth a check

i would like the measure ments of the blade seter if anyopnes got them.

just teh little gizmo that u use th set the overhang of the blades outside the drum.

We have a spare blade setter, they mostly seem to be the same from machine to machine in that size, PM me your address and I'll send to you.

Donna

pm sent

Originally Posted by pommyphil

The little plastic buttons that hold the brushs fell off mine the other day,out they popped and she died,put them back and off she went,worth a check

Tried those: no go. thanks for the thought though.

Anyway what is it with all these buttons popping out and off.
Surely the thing should work without overload buttons popping out every five minutes and brushes falling off.

I think the switches in these machines are #@$%! Ours (not gmc or ryobi) has gone twice, last time we replaced it with another type of switch we bought from Hare and Forbes, so far so good. Take the bugger back and get it replaced/repaired.

Donna

Update:
Thanks to all who offered advice on this.
Took the thing back to Mitre10 who rang Ryobi. Ryobi wanted me to pay for a courier to send it back to their nearest repair depot.
Fortunatly Mitre 10 discovered that if you are further than 50kms from the nearest depot (which I am) then Ryobi have to pay for the courier which will probably cost them about $100 there and back.

I am waiting for them to blame the customer.

So the saga now begins, weeks of waiting and I suspect that as Mitre 10 can't actually provide a replacement, as they are not allowed to order Ryobi anymore, it will be a repair at best (they just had 4 Ryobi tools back in one week and its not a busy branch, so I bet they are weeping that Ryobi wont be supplying them anymore).
If they offer a refund, can anyone suggest another bench top planer/thicknesser about the same price ($400), which is reliable?