Jasun Brown
02-03-2010, 4:21 PM
I have an issue with the PM 209HH you all should know about.
I volunteer as a class aid to an adult woodworking class one night a week. The class is at a local high school. This particular high school was using the Ryobi planers in class. They came on some grant money and were able to purchase a PM 209HH 5 HP with the Byrd head. The planer was purchased before Christmas 2009 and was in place on the last class before the Christmas Break.
Here is the problem. The PM had been damaged before shipping. The housing that covers the V-belts was crushed and the power switch did not work. As of last Wednesday the power switch was still out and the planer has been sitting for almost 2 months and still has the plastic wrap on it. Apparently a PM Tech came to fix the problem but brought the wrong part.
I though this was an anomaly being PM is the gold standard.
My friend purchased the same planer a PM 209HH for is budding wood shop. I helped him horse it in his shop last Friday night. He was putting it together and having issues with installing the cast out feed tables. Come to find out the holes were not tapped on the machine, no screw threads.
What the heck is going on?? We consumers are spending huge money on these tools and they have issues right out of the gate.
Have others had issues with new PM recently??
I volunteer as a class aid to an adult woodworking class one night a week. The class is at a local high school. This particular high school was using the Ryobi planers in class. They came on some grant money and were able to purchase a PM 209HH 5 HP with the Byrd head. The planer was purchased before Christmas 2009 and was in place on the last class before the Christmas Break.
Here is the problem. The PM had been damaged before shipping. The housing that covers the V-belts was crushed and the power switch did not work. As of last Wednesday the power switch was still out and the planer has been sitting for almost 2 months and still has the plastic wrap on it. Apparently a PM Tech came to fix the problem but brought the wrong part.
I though this was an anomaly being PM is the gold standard.
My friend purchased the same planer a PM 209HH for is budding wood shop. I helped him horse it in his shop last Friday night. He was putting it together and having issues with installing the cast out feed tables. Come to find out the holes were not tapped on the machine, no screw threads.
What the heck is going on?? We consumers are spending huge money on these tools and they have issues right out of the gate.
Have others had issues with new PM recently??