Hey all,
I’ve just taken possession of a new/old planer, which I picked up on eBay for $50. It’s a Towa L-22D, the closest thing to a Skil 100 ever sold in Australia. I think the L-22L, a Ryobi, was sold in the States and Europe. It’s a bit of a beast, but will mow the foam and wood like a hot knife through butter, once I get the blades nice and sharp.
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However, I’m not a big fan of the depth adjustment. It’s a round knob at the front of the shoe and is both fiddly and ergonomically unfriendly. I’ve done a search of the archives and it seems that Doc posted a mod for this back in the early years of the forum. Unfortunately this thread seems to have dissolved into its component zeroes and ones and is no longer accessible. Does anyone have any ideas for rigging up a modification for this model planer, or did anyone by any chance save the details of Doc’s mods before they were wiped?
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Here are a couple more photos and a pdf of the exploded view of the Ryobi, which is a later version of the one I bought. This gives you a pretty good idea of how the depth adjustment functions.
