Metabo HC260C Planer Thicknesser - Out of the Box - Set up and Assembly Tutorial 

Thank the Lord you were there during setup

Just got myself this machine, delivered a day after surgery on my hand so I'm sat here staring at the box 😂

For all miserable like myself: that bloody microswitch preventing the start in Planner mode is set under the table, on the left side, facing the machine as planner. See very careful the chapter in manual "Surface planer mode" - Place dust collector connector (this is not the chip chute mentioned in step 1!) below the infeed table into the machine. Observe correct position of the dust collector connector: ... slide dust collector connector in until the point of intersection of shaft and axis below the infeed table (arrow) is exactly above the matching seat of the dust collector connector. 9. Crank the thicknesser bed carefully up to secure the dust collector connector in position. 10. Connect a suitable dust collector to the suction port of the dust collector connector. 11. Cover the cutterblock with the cutterblock guard extrusion. Metabo should have paid much more attention to this chapter and very clear pictures. Besides this, the machine works just fine.

Minute 4:50 in this video is key installation moment. Thanks once more!

Thanks a lot! Mine came without installation manual, so this video was helpful.

Thank you so much for this. The instructions were a maze to me, you made a daunting task incredibly simple

Very straightforward, lucid and clear!

Thank you very much, it was a great help 🙂👍

Thanks for that, super helpful 🙏🤝

Lovely video. Who knew that me old mate does this sort of stuff as well! (it's obviously been way too long). Man of many talents indeed. Good luck with the channel man! JG :-)

excellent video. Im a chippy and have just purchased this exact model and to be honest your thoughts mirror my own. Not the easiest of instruction manuals hence why i'm on here looking for info. It's certainly helped as i couldn't make out why it wouldn't work in surface mode but now i know that the micro switch wasn't engaged, doh.

Clear presentational style, informative and shot really nicely; In the words of Alan Partridge, Lovely Stuff. On the subject of the HC260, I’ve just purchased myself one and will shortly be setting it up. You mentioned the possibility of shooting a calibration video, is there any ETA on that? Would be mighty helpful for a first time PT setter-upper. Great job, thanks for this one, subscribed and looking forward to future topics

Great review and quite prescient as it so happens. I've just purchased one and I'll be putting it together in the next couple of days. You mentioned a follow-up video of setting it up. That would be fantastic. I assume it's a case of getting the two tables co-planer and then adjusting the knives if needs be. I understand you can't adjust the infeed table (beyond depth of cut) like you can the outfeed. Anyway, thanks for the review. Liked and subscribed.

Great explanatio. I was thinking about buying this planer. Did it live to your expectation? How is the quality of the machine? Thanks

Are you still going to do a video on how to set it up? How was the use experience so far?

Hi realy interested in setting mine up - just assembled it and as you say the instructions were dreadful !

Can you use it in thicknesser mode without either infeed or out feed table attached?

I see at 4:50 u have moved the washers for the the Rod?

Any idea when will the promised video about making the Metabo PT cut an accurate 90 degrees come out?

What type of socket does it use for electricity? Single-phase or three-phase

Just tried to set mine up, wouldn't start so I need to fiddle with it to activate the micrto switches I think

Review after some time?

The instructions are odd but this video is way worst