TP1300

[K.M. Delano]

I have now had my TP1300 for a week. Although I had to return the 1st one because of damage, I have no complaints on this unit.

As with all Rigid woodworking tools, assembly and set up is very easy. Rigid packs all of the hardware in real nice packs that are labled as to what the parts are. All of the parts are kept seperate from each other, so there is no confusion as to witch bolt etc to use.
After the stand was put together, which took me @ 15 minutes, I set the planer on top. All four bolt holes lined up perfect. Secured the planer to the stand, and set about to do the clean up. LOTS of packing grease to remove. It took me longer to clean up the planer than the assembly and set up combined! I removed the blades, and used mineral oil to clean everything I could get at. I should add that prior to doing this I ran the planer for a few minutes. This let most of the grease "fly" of the head onto the table.
To set up the feed table, I use a peice of 1X1X4' long peice of hardwood. Very little adjustment was needed to adjust the feed tables.
I found the thickness gauge on the unit to be dead on, and the unit adjust the depth of cut very smoothly. I had a choice to make between this planer and the new two speed planer by someone else. Add the stand, dust shoot and extra blades, and I think that the Rigid was the better deal. The cut is smooth as true.

[Jamie]

Keystone...you and I have a lot in common.

I purchased the TP1300 during the Labor Day Holiday. I set up the stand last night and discovered that the infeed and outfeed tables were perfect. I allowed the planer to run a few minutes before running wood through it as well. I am going to clean it tonight.

I am VERY happy with this machine. I am not sure if I will keep it on the stand or use the stand to mount various other tools.

I carefully looked for snipe, but did not find much at all. I would highly recommend this unit to others getting ready to purchase a planer.

[tbhs1964]

the planer is great. virtually no snipe and the finish is as smooth as glass

[krislu]

DITTO ! :D

[XCANDYMAN909X]

i too am very pleased with mine. some snipe problems at first but i took care of it. and ever since i hook it up to an actual dust collector and not a shop vac, itworks like a dream. smoothe finish powerful and repeatable dead on accuracy. hefty price tag but worth every penny. and with all the extras like extra double sided knives stand and dust hood what more can you want. (besides casters) :D

[Big D]

I have put through about 1500 board feet and have gone through two sets of knives. It works great except a shop vac cannot handle the huge amount of dust created. I purchased a cyclone lid and a large garbage can and all is well now.

[MSRiverdog]

I've had my TP1300 for a number of years and have amazed a lot of people with the finish it lays down. My current project is about 300B/F of oak I had slabed out last summer. Before the weather changed I was working outside making mountains of shavings and totally impressing my neighbors with this machine. This week I had more to do but decided to do it in my garage (tuck under) The thought of the shavings was not positive. Solution, the tuck under has my old 650 CFM collector so I bought a cyclone hood for a trash can and put it in line to the DC. The lack of shavings was incredible. No shavings hit the floor until the can got full. Carry the can to the trees in the yard and pour the mulch. Great machine that anyone should be happy with, now some carbide blades and I'll be able to attck the next 750BF of oak knowing 12 inch boards are good to go. By the way with sharp blades I don't need the drum sander.

[Caoba]

Have been using the TP1300 for close to a year and have been very happy with its performance on all kinds of wood. Now the bad news...I need new blades and can't get them. Have been trying since May, wrote to Ridgid and received incorrect information so I now have a very large and expensive paperweight. If Home Depot sells the equipment why shouldn't they be required to stock replacement parts?? Their "exclusive" Ridgid rights mean no one else has the parts either. The online sales won't deliver where I live.(USPS delivers here)
Needless to say when I bought a table saw ($799) I did not consider Ridgid.

[TC]

I've had my eye on the TP1300 hoping the price might drop like the other tools. Bought the
DP1550 and a month later the price was reduced.
I was a little more than upset.
Good luck with your purchase.

[dale3fan]

I went to Rigidwoorking.com to find a part for my TP 1300 with no results. I type in the part number 828677 and get a message no results for this search. Does anyone know where to order parts on a Saturday night? It is frustrating to have such a large web site and no useful parts information.
Thanks, dale3fan

[Marker]

Try www.ridgidparts.com (http://www.ridgidparts.com) you should be able to find what you are looking for there.

[Mark duane]

Thanks for info. on tp1300 planer :D

[Bob Palmateer]

I purchased the planer recently from Home Depot. Have gone through 3 sets of blades attempting to plane 1" x 6" x 7' used oak horse fence boards. While blades were sharp, excellent. But after only a few passes the blades were dull, ripping and tearing rather than cutting. I need to plane about 130 boards but have so far only been able to complete about 15. Are carbide tipped blades sold for the planer?

[K.M. Delano]

Originally posted by Bob Palmateer:
I purchased the planer recently from Home Depot. Have gone through 3 sets of blades attempting to plane 1" x 6" x 7' used oak horse fence boards. While blades were sharp, excellent. But after only a few passes the blades were dull, ripping and tearing rather than cutting. I need to plane about 130 boards but have so far only been able to complete about 15. Are carbide tipped blades sold for the planer? Old boards can have dirt, sand, bugs, nails etc in them that will wear the jointer blades out in little to no time. Also, the depth of cut that you are taking can have an effect on the blade wear.

It has been WELL over a year since I started this thread. I have run sevral hundred BF of hardwood through my TP1300, and I am still on the first side of my first set of blades :cool:

[JR]

Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents - my planer is 6 weeks old and just died, motor stopped, willnot reset. I was doing 12 in oak, 1/32 cut. Thought it might have overheated but it will not reset...hmmmm

[UO_Woody]

[ 11-30-2003, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: UO_Woody ]

[Bob Palmateer]

Originally posted by K.M. Delano:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Bob Palmateer:
I purchased the planer recently from Home Depot. Have gone through 3 sets of blades attempting to plane 1" x 6" x 7' used oak horse fence boards. While blades were sharp, excellent. But after only a few passes the blades were dull, ripping and tearing rather than cutting. I need to plane about 130 boards but have so far only been able to complete about 15. Are carbide tipped blades sold for the planer? Old boards can have dirt, sand, bugs, nails etc in them that will wear the jointer blades out in little to no time. Also, the depth of cut that you are taking can have an effect on the blade wear.

It has been WELL over a year since I started this thread. I have run sevral hundred BF of hardwood through my TP1300, and I am still on the first side of my first set of blades :cool: </font>[/QUOTE]Thought of that. All nails had been removed. After the first set of knives were dull after about 8 boards, I used a power washer to scrub the boards before running them through the planer. Not one bit of difference. Your reply makes me think that the 2 sets of knives that came with the unit were defective. And the third set I purchased from Home Depot came in a very dusty, torn package.

[K.M. Delano]

Don't know what to say Bob. I guess I would have to see it kind of thing. I'm still wondering how long I'll go on that first edge.

[Jerry G]

I purchased my TP1300 from Home Depot in 2002. I have not used it heavily, as I am a weekend hobbyist. In late 2003, I noticed arcing around the brush contacts with the armature. I contacted Rigid, and got no help. I bought new brushes, although the original brushes had little wear. No improvement in the arcing. In February, 2004, the motor died while I was planing some oak. I took it to a authorized Rigid repair shop, which was filled with identical planers with burnt out motors. The shop felt that they could get a new motor under warranty, due to the large number of similar failures. The planer has set on their shelf for over two months waiting on a replacement motor. The shop tells me that "Rigid takes their sweet time in shipping warranty replacements". I am thoroughly disgusted with Rigid.

Has anyone else experienced motor failure in their TP1300 ?

[MaxW]

I just joined this forum so I could search for a solution to a similar problem. I bought a TS2400 table saw last year. A few days ago the motor started arcing badly, smoking, etc. Service center (Portland, OR) says it's still under warranty, but it would be at least two weeks before they can even look at it, and then probably two or three weeks more to get the part(s). I can't be without a table saw for a month or more! Am trying to fix it myself, even if I have to pay for a new motor assembly and have it express shipped from the factory. (Yes, I'm aware of the need to change brushes....) I've really enjoyed this saw—the best I've ever owned—but no more Ridgid products for me, I'm afraid.

[aikiwood]

Ive had my planer for about a year.I use it about 5 to 6 days a week . I use only exotic hardwoods ,cocobolo, jatoba, cumaru, honduras rosewood , ipe , etc. And i have yet to have a single problem since set up.great finish , didnt think it would be that good with two blades.Once in a great while when im planeing large amounts at once the dust port will get clogged, but no big deal. I have the ridgid 2in 1 shop vac hooked to it , and does pretty good
MY biggest complaint is the most common, i cant find blades or anything i need for ridgid tools. I have to get everything over the net and make sure i keep extras around because i know i cant go out and buy what i need from HD. This really needs to be addressed

[K.M. Delano]

Over 6 years now and still a great thickness planner.........

[papadan]

I've had mine for about the same time and never had a single problem with it. Can't begin to guess how much wood it has planed down. :D

[K.M. Delano]

One thing I should add is how long the blades have lasted. I am still on my first set! Had to flip them but they still cut real well! I assume sometime this year I will finally go to the second set of blades. I take very light (1/4 turn or less) passes so that along with the fact that I only pass clean wood through it is most likely the reason they have lasted so long. 3k bf or so I would guess?