Page 2 - DOUBLE INSULATION
2 INTRODUCTION ■ Table of Contents / Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 2 ■ General Safety Rules ..........................................................................................................
Page 3 - GENERAL SAFETY RULES; Personal Safety; Electrical Safety
3 GENERAL SAFETY RULES WARNING: Read and understand all instructions. Failure tofollow all instructions listed below, may result inelectric shock, fire and/or serious personal injury. Personal Safety ■ Stay alert, watch what you are doing and usecommon sense when operating a power tool. Donot use to...
Page 4 - Service; SPECIFIC SAFETY RULES; Additional Rules For Safe Operation
4 GENERAL SAFETY RULES Service ■ Tool service must be performed only by quali-fied repair personnel. Service or maintenance per- formed by unqualified personnel could result in arisk of injury. ■ When servicing a tool, use only identical replace-ment parts. Follow instructions in the Mainte-nance se...
Page 6 - SYMBOLS; SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
6 SYMBOLS The purpose of safety symbols is to attract your attention to possible dangers. The safety symbols, and theexplanations with them, deserve your careful attention and understanding. The safety warnings do not bythemselves eliminate any danger. The instructions or warnings they give are not ...
Page 7 - FEATURES; KNOW YOUR PLANER
7 FEATURES DEPTH ADJUSTMENT KNOB AND FRONT HANDLE Fig. 1 CHIP EXHAUST POWER CORD WARNING: Carefully read through this entire operator's manualbefore using your new planer. Pay close attentionto the Safety Rules, Warnings and Cautions. If youuse your planer properly and only for what it isintended, y...
Page 8 - LOOSE PARTS; PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
8 FEATURES Input 120v 5.0 amps AC RPM 16,000/min Max depth of cut 2 mm (5/64 in.) Max rabbet depth 8 mm (5/16 in.) LOOSE PARTS See Figure 2. CHIP BAG EDGE GUIDE BRACKET WASHER RETAINING KNOB EDGE GUIDE THUMB SCREW CARRIAGE SCREW BLADES (2) BLADE WRENCH Fig. 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS POWER PLANER - HP...
Page 9 - CHIP EXHAUST AND COLLECTION; CHIP EXHAUST; CHIP BAG; OPERATION; PREPARING FOR OPERATION
9 WARNING: Your planer should never be connected to powersupply when you are assembling parts, makinga d j u s t m e n t , c h a n g i n g b e l t s o r b l a d e s , w h e ncleaning, or when not in use. Disconnecting yourplaner will prevent accidental starting that couldcause serious injury. CHIP B...
Page 10 - WRONG
10 CAUTION: Planing too fast increases chip build-up in the chipexhaust and can result in a poor finish. Chip build-up restricts air flow and can cause motor overheating.Plane slowly and empty dust bag often to preventdamage. Keep cord away from cutting area. Always place the cordto prevent it from ...
Page 11 - TO ADJUST PLANING DEPTH; CHAMFERING
11 TO ADJUST PLANING DEPTH See Figure 8. Unplug your planer before making any adjustments. The planing depth can be adjusted from 0-2 mm. To ad-just the depth, turn the depth adjustment knob to thedesired setting on the depth adjustment dial. Always workfrom a rough cut to a finish cut. The approxim...
Page 12 - EDGE PLANING; ATTACHING THE EDGE GUIDE; RABBET CUTS; RIGHT SIDE MOUNT
12 EDGE PLANING See Figures 10 and 11. Your planer comes with an adjustable edge guide forprecision edge planing. It can be attached to either sideof your planer and is useful when planing long and un-even surface boards. ATTACHING THE EDGE GUIDE Assemble the edge guide and edge guide bracket usingt...
Page 13 - POWER CORD; MAINTENANCE; GENERAL
13 OPERATION POWER CORD See Figure 15. Your new power planer has a 10 ft. power cord that stayssoft and flexible in cold weather. Fig. 15 10 FT. CORD TO ADJUST DEPTH AND WIDTH OF RABBETCUT Loosen the retaining knob and adjust the edge guide tothe desired width. Retighten the retaining knob securely....
Page 14 - LUBRICATION; BLADE REPLACEMENT
14 MAINTENANCE LUBRICATION All of the bearings in this tool are lubricated with a suffi-cient amount of high-grade lubricant for the life of theunit under normal operating conditions. Therefore, nofurther lubrication is required. CLEANING CHIP EXHAUST ANDEMPTYING CHIP BAG See Figure 16. After using ...
Page 16 - BELT REPLACEMENT
16 ■ Force the old belt from the small pulley by turning inthe direction shown. As you turn the belt, pull andwork it off the small pulley until it has been com-pletely removed from both pulleys. ■ Install the new belt over the large pulley. As you turnthe belt, push and work it onto the small pulle...
Page 17 - NOTES
Page 18 - DOUBLE INSULATED; RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES INC.; • SERVICE; MODEL NUMBER; EXTENSION CORD CAUTION
OPERATOR'S MANUALPower PlanerModel No. HPL50 DOUBLE INSULATED RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1428 Pearman Dairy Road Anderson, SC 29625 Post Office Box 1207 Anderson, SC 29622 www.ryobitools.com Phone 1-800-525-2579 • SERVICE Now that you have purchased your tool, should a need ever exist for repair parts ...