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george [dicegeorge]

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Mar 29, 2012, 11:41:48 AM3/29/12
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Lidl Electric Planer, £30,
coming up in Hereford on Monday,
is this a good one to get,
seems better than B+Q's cheapy
but I dont know anything about them!

[george]

Brian Gaff

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Mar 29, 2012, 12:07:20 PM3/29/12
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How do these work then?
Brian

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The Medway Handyman

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Mar 29, 2012, 1:20:26 PM3/29/12
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On 29/03/2012 17:07, Brian Gaff wrote:
> How do these work then?
> Brian
>
Are you serious?

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dennis@home

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Mar 29, 2012, 2:22:56 PM3/29/12
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"Brian Gaff" <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How do these work then?

Like a normal woodworking plane but the blade is replaced by a couple of
flat blades rotating to cut the timber.
The blades are in a drum that goes across the width and rotates so the blade
cuts in a forward direction as you push the planner forwards.

John Rumm

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Mar 29, 2012, 2:32:28 PM3/29/12
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On 29/03/2012 16:41, george [dicegeorge] wrote:

> Lidl Electric Planer, £30,
> coming up in Hereford on Monday,
> is this a good one to get,

It looks reasonable for the price... probably better than my Green Bosch
which was twice the price. The edge guides etc look a bit flimsy, but
the basic machine looks reasonable.


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The Natural Philosopher

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Mar 29, 2012, 3:24:50 PM3/29/12
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Think router on its side with a BIG blade in.


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Rob

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Mar 31, 2012, 2:48:31 AM3/31/12
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On 29/03/2012 19:32, John Rumm wrote:
> On 29/03/2012 16:41, george [dicegeorge] wrote:
>
>> Lidl Electric Planer, £30,
>> coming up in Hereford on Monday,
>> is this a good one to get,
>
> It looks reasonable for the price... probably better than my Green Bosch
> which was twice the price. The edge guides etc look a bit flimsy, but
> the basic machine looks reasonable.
>
>

Do you know the best source of spare blades? Solent Tools don't seem to
stock Parkside blades - unless they're a standard fit?

Rob

The Medway Handyman

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Mar 31, 2012, 5:16:00 AM3/31/12
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Most planers use standard size off the shelf blades. They come in a few
different sizes.

John Rumm

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Mar 31, 2012, 11:52:37 AM3/31/12
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On 31/03/2012 07:48, Rob wrote:
From the vid it sounded very much like they use standard double sided
TCT blades.

Fred

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Apr 2, 2012, 4:55:45 AM4/2/12
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:32:28 +0100, John Rumm
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>It looks reasonable for the price... probably better than my Green Bosch
>which was twice the price.

What is wrong with the green Bosch? Is it a PHO16-82? I think that's
the one I have.

John Rumm

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Apr 2, 2012, 10:09:12 AM4/2/12
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No, mine is an older PHO 15-82...

Things that I don't like about it include:

Exhaust duct is single sided only, and is trapezoidal in shape - good
luck attaching a hose to that!

The base only has one grove for chamfering

The rebate depth is very limited

There is no supplied blade setting guide - so getting the blades level
and equal is a right PITA

There were no supplied side fence guides

The lead is too short and rather stiff


Other than that, its ok ;-)

Fred

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Apr 3, 2012, 8:55:08 AM4/3/12
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:09:12 +0100, John Rumm
<see.my.s...@nowhere.null> wrote:

>No, mine is an older PHO 15-82...
>
>Things that I don't like about it include:
>
>Exhaust duct is single sided only, and is trapezoidal in shape - good
>luck attaching a hose to that!

The duct on the 16-82 can be switched to either side and the outlet is
circular, so it looks as though they have fixed that on later models.

>The rebate depth is very limited

Is the first number of the model number the rebate depth, i.e. 15mm
and 16mm?

>There were no supplied side fence guides

I did buy a guide to fit to mine, it was supposed to fit at 90 degrees
to the plane of planing but the instructions were so confusing, I
never worked out how to fit it!

Dave Liquorice

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Apr 4, 2012, 4:36:34 AM4/4/12
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:32:28 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

>> Lidl Electric Planer, £30,
>
> It looks reasonable for the price...

Had a look at one yesterday, you get what you pay for. Quite heavy
for it's size, if you had a lot of planing to do it would get tiring
but probably not as tiring as doing the same amount by hand. B-)

> The edge guides etc look a bit flimsy, but the basic machine looks
> reasonable.

The guides and their fixings are where the corners have been cut.
Bent pressed steel strips and simple thumb screws with no decent
guide/mounting area for each. Repeatablity would be very difficult
and each setup would take a while with a steel rule.

It did have a little spring loaded heel at the rear so if you placed
it blades down on a surface the blades were held clear. I've seen
that before but I don't think all planers have it.

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