glenn bradley
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I have had an item on my shop white board for months to take a moment and check the fluid levels on my planer. That item finally rose to the top of the list. 
I am just posting this for any of us who have been equally negligent. A little oil and grease is way easier than a rebuild. This method is true for so many clones out there in the 15" and larger sizes. It literally took 3 paper towels and 10 minutes of my time.
A few drops of oil.
Don't forget to check the gear box.
Mine famously leaks and has since 2010. The leakage is so little that I have never felt the need to tear it down and redo the poor quality gasket . . . and I am pretty picky about these things.
I use a scrap of card stock inside a plastic bag to track my "maintenance schedule"
There is a magnet taped inside the bag.
The bag sticks here, out of sight and danger.
I sometimes forget it is there. It has only been in use for the last 13 years. At any rate . . . Take a moment between cups of coffee this morning and check your planer. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Tik-Tok videos.
I am just posting this for any of us who have been equally negligent. A little oil and grease is way easier than a rebuild. This method is true for so many clones out there in the 15" and larger sizes. It literally took 3 paper towels and 10 minutes of my time.A few drops of oil.
Don't forget to check the gear box.
Mine famously leaks and has since 2010. The leakage is so little that I have never felt the need to tear it down and redo the poor quality gasket . . . and I am pretty picky about these things.
I use a scrap of card stock inside a plastic bag to track my "maintenance schedule"
There is a magnet taped inside the bag.
The bag sticks here, out of sight and danger.
I sometimes forget it is there. It has only been in use for the last 13 years
. At any rate . . . Take a moment between cups of coffee this morning and check your planer. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Tik-Tok videos.
