Cory Hoehn
12-02-2009, 9:44 AM
I just bought my first planer, a Ridgid R4330 and have run a few boards through it. After adjusting the infeed/outfeed tables to eliminate the snipe, I ran a few maple and purpleheart boards through the planer without any trouble. The lumber came out looking great and it was smooth as glass.
Last night I went to plane some 4/4 maple. I fed the board into the planer and everything was looking good. Then, the board just stopped. The cutterhead was still going and I'm almost certain the feeders were moving, but the board was "trapped" inside the planer. I cut off the power, raised the cutter and removed the board.
There wasn't any damage to speak of, but the whole thing scared me. Did I do something wrong? My first thought was that I was trying to take off too much material....nope. I had it set at 1/16". Then I thought I hit a knot or something....nope. I'm stumped. Hopefully you guys can shed a little light on this for me.
Thanks!
Cory
Last night I went to plane some 4/4 maple. I fed the board into the planer and everything was looking good. Then, the board just stopped. The cutterhead was still going and I'm almost certain the feeders were moving, but the board was "trapped" inside the planer. I cut off the power, raised the cutter and removed the board.
There wasn't any damage to speak of, but the whole thing scared me. Did I do something wrong? My first thought was that I was trying to take off too much material....nope. I had it set at 1/16". Then I thought I hit a knot or something....nope. I'm stumped. Hopefully you guys can shed a little light on this for me.
Thanks!
Cory