Matthew Bobek
05-08-2010, 5:43 PM
I am working on a cutting board today and I needed to flatten the top before making the second round of cuts. As I passed the glued up boards through, they would stall about half way through, and then I would have to pull it to start it again. This makes me a little uncomfortable, as I don't like trying to fit my hands around the dust hood to pull on the glue up.
I used paste wax before I started on the bed and infeed/outfeed tables. Is is possible that the rollers need to be cleaned, and how would I do that. Also, is it possible that the cutter head could be out of square, I don't think this is the problem because I get a consistent cut across the entire surface, but I don't know if it is parallel, what do you guys think? Lastly, is it just that the workpiece is too short to be fed through, the glue up is about 15 1/2" long and 12" wide. Also, I am going to put in a set of freshly sharpened knives after I finish this, and both of the rollers appear to be moving smoothly prior to feeding wood into the planer.
Thanks as always.
I used paste wax before I started on the bed and infeed/outfeed tables. Is is possible that the rollers need to be cleaned, and how would I do that. Also, is it possible that the cutter head could be out of square, I don't think this is the problem because I get a consistent cut across the entire surface, but I don't know if it is parallel, what do you guys think? Lastly, is it just that the workpiece is too short to be fed through, the glue up is about 15 1/2" long and 12" wide. Also, I am going to put in a set of freshly sharpened knives after I finish this, and both of the rollers appear to be moving smoothly prior to feeding wood into the planer.
Thanks as always.