Ryobi AP10 planer

I’ve used a Ryobi 13 inch planer for the last 5 years and it has worked well for me. I don’t know anything about the AP-10, but I’d bet that it should work for small jobs. Is that $150 new or used?

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If it has quick change blade system then it is well worth it.

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I dont know about that planer , I have a cheap Harbor Freight one . I couldnt live without it all My projects start from the trees that I cut for firewood or Hurricane Katrina Blew down or I just thinned off My land , If I was You It would already be in the Shop…. Good Luck

-- Papa CAP

I have that planer. Some other LJs do too. It is rather old, I bought mine over 20 years ago. It is still going. It is a rather cheap planer but works OK. Nothing to rave about. Mine did not have quick change blades, but did come with a plastic guide for setup. I would not pay any more than that for it, but I don’t know if you could find a planer for much less. It is kind of loud. It works better if you put a longer bed on it covered with formica, otherwise you can expect some sniping. Mine did not come with a dust chute, but I made one for it.

Steve

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I bought it yesterday for 140.00, it’s about twelve years old. It seems to be the quick blade change model, and came with a plastic guide for installing the blades. As it is my first one I think it will do just fine. SPalm thanks for the advice about the longer bed…I will be doing just that soon.

-- Stan from St. Paul Mn

Cheap planer? Yeah probably in 2009 but I would submit that it would obviously depend on what you’re comparing it to. Please…no comparisons to ANYTHING Ryobi today. Old planer? Yes. It came out in the early 1980’s and was IMO, a real work horse for 10 1/4” of planer. I used to carry that thing(had a nice top strap handle) in to shop after shop to demo it. While most of these guys had some bad boy heavy duty planer in the shop, they were in no way going to just take those to a job site. I would ask then to get the hardest and longest piece of wood in the shop and run it through the Ryobi. Without a doubt, everyone of them were absolutely amazed at that planer. I must of sold a 1050 of them.I can still here it humming!
So, you got it for $150.00 with extra knives? Good deal in my opinion.

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