As if it wasn't already hard enough to replace the blades on an old Ryobi thicknesser with 14 nuts ... I didn't realise the blade setting jig had to be used in a certain orientation.

Why couldn't they mark somewhere on the jig "THIS SIDE FACING YOU"?

Anyway, blades reset, machine reassembled and pieces rolling through again.

Only realised after watching a video on YouTube where the guy went to use the jig and he noticed it was in the wrong orientation.

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Photo by Treecycle.