HL850 Question

[MrToolJunkie]

I have a couple of questions for power planer users -- what is the purpose of unlimited rabbeting depth on the HL850?  I am trying to visualize if/when this would come up as a need.  Maybe it is a specialized application for doors or something and is probably one of those things that when you need it, you need it but most of the time you would not.  For some reason I cannot wrap my head around it.  Also, is the rabbeting depth limited if the HL850 is in its bench unit?  Could not tell if the swing guard moves out of the way on the bench unit or not.  Most rabbeting I have done is something that a router could handle, but I could see the need to be able to quickly rabbet something across the face of the material wider than a typical bit.     

Thanks!

Scot 

 

[jmbfestool]

Yes the bench unit limits the depth stop removing the guard increases the depth but it still has a max limit  can't tell u what it is but it's still a lot more normal planners can rebate. 

as far as the rest of the planner goes its really nicer powerful planner. Just little heavy

 

[MrToolJunkie]

Thanks, JMB...I also know that you really love the 65.  Do you know what applications you would use that would require unlimited depth?  Planing against a wall or something? 

Thanks!

Scot

 

[jmbfestool]

Yeah love the 65 but I do really like the 85 for when the 65 struggles.

The unlimited rebate is a feature I believe  only comes in sometimes.

I have used it when doing a rebate on a oak  beam where the beam was 2inch up and down because it was a old reclaimed piece and only had one flat side so I used the guide to set how far i wanted to come in which ran along the flat side  and then flicked a line across the other side for me to rebate down to. So I made  a few bases to get it all down to the same level.  A router would not of been able to do it unless I start setting a jig or something up.  The 85 did it in no time.

 

[MrToolJunkie]

Awesome...thanks...that make sense to me.  Appreciate it!

Scot

 

[fdengel]

When we put some landscaping timbres outside at our house some of them were sticking up more than others at the edges (they aren't all straight, ground is not level, etc...) - I used the 850 to match the ends up to each other a bit better than they were.

Since we were going to put some mulch in anyway, I didn't even bother with chip extraction - just aimed at the area where the mulch was going...

Worked perfectly.