Direct Tools Outlet has
RIDGID 13" Thickness Planer (Factory Blemished, R4331) for
$239.99. Shipping is a flat rate $9.99.
Thanks to Community Member
T-SHIZZLE for posting this deal.
Key Features:
- Chip impeller dust removal system to effectively pull wood chips from the workpiece for improved cuts and a cleaner work area
- Sure-cut carriage lock to lock the cutter head to help minimize snipe at the end of the workpiece
- Large infeed/outfeed table extensions for extra workpiece support to help eliminate snipe
- Steel top with glides for extra wide area to easily stage your material for its next cut
- Easy-to-reach, adjustable, top-mounted handle with 1/16 in. per revolution precision
- Soft-Touch controls for improved comfort and grip
- Ind-I-Cut depth gauge for instantly measuring the cutting depth before each pass
- 8-adjustable repeat-a-cut depth stops to precisely plane multiple workpieces to consistent, desired thickness for repetitive tasks
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Edit: I do see that the reconditioned units posted yesterday went down to $170 when it went to 40% off. I'm majorly envious of anyone who got in on that!
Mine was about 1/8" off on one side. There's some adjustment you can do that may or may not help. It's a pain in the ass to do, but mine is better after adjustment, but still off. I haven't had the time to take it to a service center.
The other issue I had was the infeed/outfeed tables weren't aligned either. Not hard to adjust, but wanted to mention they're flimsy so they flex anyways. You get 2" of snipe on each end of your boards, but I think that's a fairly common problem for all benchtop planers. This Ridgid may snipe slightly worse though due to the flimsy tables.
I think a Wen with the granite tables would have been a better purchase. I went with the Ridgid because it was a good deal on DTO.
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Edit: I do see that the reconditioned units posted yesterday went down to $170 when it went to 40% off. I'm majorly envious of anyone who got in on that!
Why? No LSA
The factory reconditioned doesn't have it but I believe the factory blemished has it?
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Ah, I must not have been clear enough in my previous comment then. I meant that I was glad I hadn't pulled the trigger on the recon deal that was posted yesterday. It was more expensive than this and like you pointed out, no LSA. Not that I know what the LSA actually does for me 😅
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