My AP10 is a great little machine, but the thickness varies a bit across
the finished board (up to 1/64 if I remember correctly) I looked into
the drive mechanism in the top section and it does not appear to have a
fine adjustment capability. Has anybody worked out a procedure for
adjusting it (easily).
Len
"Leonard Lopez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My AP10 is a great little machine, but the thickness varies a bit across
> the finished board (up to 1/64 if I remember correctly) I looked into the
> drive mechanism in the top section and it does not appear to have a fine
> adjustment capability. Has anybody worked out a procedure for adjusting
> it (easily).
>
> Len
About 8 years ago I took mine in to the repair center to have that fixed.
Apparently too much slop in the set up. Oddly they charged me $15 to fix
it. The machine is going on 17 years old and still works as good as new.
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:36:54 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg
<[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> LL <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >My AP10 is a great little machine, but the thickness varies a bit across
>> >the finished board (up to 1/64 if I remember correctly) I looked into
>> >the drive mechanism in the top section and it does not appear to have a
>> >fine adjustment capability. Has anybody worked out a procedure for
>> >adjusting it (easily).
>> >
>> >Len
>>
>> I once had this on an AP-10 that I've since sold to someone else.
>> Like you, I looked for an adjustment. There is none, so I carefully
>> disassembled enough to reindex one of the bevel gears at the top of
>> the screw that raises/lowers the cutter mechanism. I changed mine by
>> 1 tooth. In my case, I moved it 1 tooth in the direction that caused
>> it to lower the cutter on the side that left the board a little thick.
>> Of couse, you could move the gear on the thin side, but would then
>> move it in the direction of raising said cutter.
>
> I never tried that, but the above was why I dumped mine, and explained
>to the guy that bought it -why- I was selling it
When I sold mine, I did not say it had ever had an uneven thickness
problem. It hadn't reverted to doing that after my reindexing of the
gears. I got a new one simple because I wanted a machine with the
capability of planing wider boards and my concern with replacement
knife availability.
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez <[email protected]>
wrote:
>My AP10 is a great little machine, but the thickness varies a bit across
>the finished board (up to 1/64 if I remember correctly) I looked into
>the drive mechanism in the top section and it does not appear to have a
>fine adjustment capability. Has anybody worked out a procedure for
>adjusting it (easily).
>
>Len
I once had this on an AP-10 that I've since sold to someone else.
Like you, I looked for an adjustment. There is none, so I carefully
disassembled enough to reindex one of the bevel gears at the top of
the screw that raises/lowers the cutter mechanism. I changed mine by
1 tooth. In my case, I moved it 1 tooth in the direction that caused
it to lower the cutter on the side that left the board a little thick.
Of couse, you could move the gear on the thin side, but would then
move it in the direction of raising said cutter.
In article <[email protected]>,
LL <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >My AP10 is a great little machine, but the thickness varies a bit across
> >the finished board (up to 1/64 if I remember correctly) I looked into
> >the drive mechanism in the top section and it does not appear to have a
> >fine adjustment capability. Has anybody worked out a procedure for
> >adjusting it (easily).
> >
> >Len
>
> I once had this on an AP-10 that I've since sold to someone else.
> Like you, I looked for an adjustment. There is none, so I carefully
> disassembled enough to reindex one of the bevel gears at the top of
> the screw that raises/lowers the cutter mechanism. I changed mine by
> 1 tooth. In my case, I moved it 1 tooth in the direction that caused
> it to lower the cutter on the side that left the board a little thick.
> Of couse, you could move the gear on the thin side, but would then
> move it in the direction of raising said cutter.
I never tried that, but the above was why I dumped mine, and explained
to the guy that bought it -why- I was selling it
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