Old Power Planer Restoration Makita 1600 

We recently lumbered a 36" maple, a 36" white ash, and a 32" pecan. After drying, we tried planing with a Rigid (Home Depot) 13" planer with 2 HSS knives ru-vid.comUgkxIzvvTi3_Qc8JnVdYYRJCvuoDC4QjTzeL . This job was clearly too much for that machine. The pecan was particularly difficult, due to heavy mineral deposits, and a sharp pair of HSS knives would be consumed by a mere 3 boards. We were also having lots of problems from chip bruising, due to poor dust collection. The shavings came off like straw and jammed in the 4" hose.We bought the DW735 simply to be able to run carbide blades, which worked brilliantly for the pecan. However, we found it to be a much, MUCH nicer machine. It was far more rigid than the "Rigid" planer, and far more accurate as well. But what I liked most about it was the dust feed. This machine has its own blower, which shreds the "straw" like shavings as they come off the cutting head and helps boost the shavings into the dust collection system. No more clogs! It's also nicely sealed so that the internals stay quite clean. This is just a well tempered machine that's a delight to use. It literally cut the labor in half. Just another example of getting what you pay for.

He’s not going to rewind that motor. Only Mr Electricity rewinds motors. And he’s in, like, Samoa or the Philippines or somewhere. Respect, young man. You are the real deal.

Beautiful restoration

Отличная работа мастер!

Just one word -- Masterpiece !!!

Great Job ! From scrap to a fully working tool with years of useful life in it.

Hi sir 👍👍👏iv got to say you have a skill there my friend fantastic work my friend some of us can only dream to repear and strip down bro god🙏bless you dino uk👍👍👏wow

Excellent. But, just my personal taste, I would have liked to have seen it refinished in the current Makita blue. But I nitpick. Amazing job!!!

It’s so great to see a tool restored rather than being dumped in a landfill. Good job.

Congratulations, great job, your very talented Sir, thank you for sharing.

Great job!, especially the motor. During disassembly I thought the motor was toast. You brought it back to life .

Nicely done👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✅✅✅✅✅

you did really great work!

Amazing restoration. I enjoyed this very much. The electrical part was very interesting to see. It seems you know your way around these machines very well. Big thumbs up!

this is beyond the usual restoration i've ever seen in your videos, daaammmn! awesome

Does a massive restore, hits a nail on his reclaimed board, haha. Awesome vid! You got a new sub!!

Good job on the planer buddy

Nice work

Good job…a little disappointed you didn’t paint it Milwaukee blue…😢

Every video my best part sand blasting 😁

Between you and My Mechanics, you guys can fix the world lol. Well done

Extraordinary work! I was very impressed with the level of care and attention to detail shown in this project. I don’t recall anyone taking the windings apart and repairing and replacing the leads as done here. Even the way the foot was leveled and squared up was well done. I also don’t recall anyone else using caster glue either. Truly a master craftsman!

Вот это настоящая реставрация! Это другое дело!

Nice job👍i ownd it back in the days,but myne was silver,,

I love that you took the effort to rebuild the Staetor on the engine, and everything. It's so uncommon to see old motors refurbished down to this level of completeness! I was half expecting you to soak the coils in something like Vinegar to polish them up just a little.

Потрясающе! Я впечатлен! Мастер Золотые руки!

Great restoration mate. Quite an old planer but you revived it back to it’s former glory.

Back when Makita stuff was well made

Great work mate. I enjoyed watching you work. 👍🇦🇺

You got the planer looking good, and working, too. That is an awesome job. Well done.

I can't believe they let those wires come like that from the factory. That's mind blowing. Although it's old-school and well made and metal. The amount of effort you went through to fix that is unbelievable. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 well done buddy.

That was a amazing restoration. The old Makita planer was very beaten up, but you brought it back. Even fixing the commutator and stator. Excellent job!

You've got a screw loose my friend 😁😁. Nice vid 👍

Great Job !

Your work is superb. I would like to see a change in the WORKING TABLE if it is possible with you. Something like plain WHITE ply or something PLAIN SMOOTH WITHOUT spaces (i really don't know the types but just a suggestion, something like that). It will keep FOCUS on the parts, BRiGHTEN your work place, and easier to CLEAN. You are brilliant and may God bless your hands.

Good job on the electrics. I would like to see the labels restored though.

Very nice restoration job. Well done.

Bagus bang. Rapi dan rajin. From Indonesian.. Central java

Great restoration, subscribed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, so must skill and knowledge needed.

Super l'idée pour gratter les micas !!!

Pretty integrate refurbishing effort I'd say. But nice work and outcome. I was really surprised the armature contacts could be cut that deep and still have connections to the windings. Color and labels were not the best. But the final results made up for them. Thumbs Up!

Great work you know how to fix thing's 👍but when you came to using it, I think you need some practice, keep up the great work

شكرا جزيلا

11:00 un motore elettrico in acqua mi fa sempre tanta impressione XD Complimenti per l'abilità ottimo lavoro

Good work

Great job. Especially motor. Cheers! S

You are a master of restoration! I learned a lot from you! Thank you for your dedication!

Well done. Makita is my favorite brand.

Amazing restoration, I’m sure I couldn’t put all back together though. Love your vids cheers mate 🍺🍷👍😷🇦🇺☕️

EXCELENTE RESTAURACION, AL 100% FELICIDADES

👍👍👍👍👍👍hebat kamu pakde

Very good

Great job, now you have a tool that gonna last a long time

I love Makita, they make some fine tools ! Great restoration !

Nice job, if you can then for the next time use some prominent color like a red, bleu, black, oranje. Never use metal or earthy/ pastel tints, make it stand out, especially with a sanded down metal foot as contrast. Also whenever sanding for a flat service my tip is to glue the sandpaper on a piece of glass window since it’s so flat.

Oh Lordy, new knives on that ratty old bit of pallet wood! I was just waiting for it to hit a nail 😩

again an outstanding restoration of this heavenly abused planer👌. You use insulation paint and insulation paper for the motorwheel. It is the first time that i saw this. Do you have a name of the brand(s) who sale this ? I live in Europe (Belgium). Thx !!

THANKIOU

Back when tools were meant to last a long time

Grande, incrível restauração...

Pretty fancy job on the electrics!

Lovely restoration good machine

muy buen trabajo!!!! tenia tiempo sin ver una buena restauración. mil gracias por el video

What a amazing transformation

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Brilliant! Subscribed, Liked and Notified.

interesting project, perfect restoration👍

Great restoration friend, Stay Safe, have a nice day !!!.

I love this channel, Inspires me a lot. Keep it up

Good work. Maybe you could explain a little better what you are doing, the cleaners you use, tools, paints, etc.

I like it, but had to be painted in Makitas signature colors.

Incroyable, bravo.

Super travail bravo Monsieur !!

Good job bro. Thanks for sharing.

Neat job. Well done.

Well done dear!

Parabéns.

Great work

Beatiful 😍

Ficou muito bem feito...👏👏👏

Excelente...! ..my Friend...ji ji ji.. Saludossss

Excellent, great job!!!!!

LoL... The top bolt in the test XD

Superb job, buddy! Just subbed!

Amazing,good job bro👍

Nice job

Ahh, now I can 🥱 you know 👉🏼 🛏 👈🏽 Best tool resto yet 👏👏 😴

11:35 мин-резьбовой резец не для проточки наружных поверхностей. Но если другого нет).

Very good!

Great job

rất cẩn thận, tỉ mỉ, nhưng hãy cẩn thận với cuộn dây đồng

Great video! Awesome project!! i Love the way it turned out. i just subscribed to your channel and i hit the bell thing too. :)

good job 👌🏻

I honestly thought at one point, “this guys going to start stripping it down to the bare copper wires

Excelente muito bom !

Kinda bummed he didn’t repaint it that, iconic Makita blue/green color. Good restoration though.

Рубанок как только с завода!

Makita used to be white not blue?

Good job!!