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

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez
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.

"Leonard Lopez" wrote in message
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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.

In article ,
LL wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez
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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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:36:54 -0800, Ralph E Lindberg
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In article ,
LL wrote:

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:11:10 -0600, Leonard Lopez
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.