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Thanks to both of you. You offered up what I thought would be the DS solution. (Sorry, Army background. Directing Staff Solution, therefore the correct answer, no matter what you think!)

I am pretty new to plunge routing, and I shall admit up front that the router I bought for this is not high end machinery. It is a Mastercraft (Canadian Tire brand) 2hp I bought on sale.

After I...

No worries. I appreciate the effort and have pretty much confirmed what I thought.

If there was an issue with the bands or wheels, it would apply to all blades used. I agree it is hard to ruin the blade, and I do not believe I did. My whole point with this thread was to see if...

No and no. It happens right away and does not change with use.

Usually the "faulty" blade is from the same order as the ones that work correctly.
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Length could be slightly...

Thanks for the input. I don't believe these are the case.

1. "First is variations in wood density" You are correct. Same block of wood.
2. "Second is too fast feed rate for the blade in use"...

Saw - Laguna 14 twelve
Blades - 3/16" 4 TPI
Issue - I have had several blades that, as I cut with them, seem to cut, then bog down, then cut, then bog down (hitching might be a good description). ...

Not only is it frustrating, it is purely unprofessional how the whole concept of instructions and support for the product has been ignored. One of the buttons is labelled "Set". What it does is a...

Had a 12" IGaging DRO on my planer for several years. Accidentally broke it, and replaced it with the new version, the EZ View DRO Plus. As usual, the supplied directions absolutely suck, and I am...

+ a Gazillion for this. If you want to be a purist, you better have deep pockets. Providing Relative information that allows one to guage the effectiveness of additions, modifications, changes,...

Thanks everyone for your contributions. If I ever find the answer, I shall be sure to post it. Long story short, I have tried almost all proposed solutions that make any sense. Problem happens...

Todd. Breaker on the machine could be bypassed, I do not know. Wouldn't identify the problem though. I thought of the bearing. I have had it stripped down a couple of times to try and identify...

Bought the planer used. I installed Shelix head (much easier than upgrading my 20" 4 post).
Planer was tripping normal 15amp circuit. Would do it under load and at start up. Breaker on planer...

Can't speak for anyone else, but .....
Costs based on my experience buying through Home Depot Canada.
Complete, new LED fixture - $150.
New T8 ballast - $18, drop in LED bulbs - $7 each (on sale)....

Something that seems to be missing in this discussion is Ridgid's life time warranty. I had a 6.5hp beast go on me after 4 years. I live in Canada. I contacted Ridgid. They asked for a few...

Problems appear to be solved.
Determined that the pulleys were misaligned by .01". Shimmed the cutterhead pulley. Put new "genuine DeWalt" belt on. Ran dedicated 20 amp circuit. Pulleys running...

As long as the duct work is big enough to handle more volume, this would work, and fairly well. There is an extensive article or post somewhere on this very issue I read, and it was pretty...

Thanks all for your comments. Pulleys appear to be coplaner. I am thinking belt too tight. It is one of the cheap Chinese knock offs, as opposed to a Chinese original. I have what I hope, is a...

Installed a shelix cutterhead in my DeWalt DW735 planer. I have wrecked two belts (original and replacement) after very little use, say 25 bd ft. Looking for the cause. Pulleys appear to be...

I went through al of these decisions when I was looking at running dual Ridgid shop vacs through a 2 1/2" system. I tried series through one Dust Deputy, and then two in parallel, each pulling...

I use 6" ducting as I had it in place when I had a 3hp short cyclone unit for a short time. I am now back to my Craftex (Canadian Grizzly) 2hp with a metal SDD. Granted, my longest run is only...

Don't think this would gain anything. Blade is still making the cut in the same direction, whereas the scoring blade is traveling in the opposite direction. This would just result in a cut trying...

Looks like a pretty strong 1.5hp to me. More like a 2hp.

Looking good.

I always use rough lumber, and glue up 2 - 3" pieces to make my panels. It then goes through the planer for final cuts. No worries about smeared glue then. But then, I do not use the huge amounts...