delta 22-540 planer planer blade and roller alighnment.

[michael foster]

I have an old Delta and I need to keep it going for at least a couple of months. The infeed roller is worn. I sharpened the blades and adjusted them with the guage. When I put a straight edge perpendicular across the rollers and blades the straight edge rocks on the blade as the blade is further down than the rollers. I can make an adjustment to the height of the blade and or the rollers . I never checked it when it had in new rollers but I thought the rollers should be lower than the blade. Does anyone know what it should be an what the difference in heights should be.

Michael

[Bruce Wrenn]

If rollers were lower than blades, then blades wouldn't contact stock.

[michael foster]

The rollers are spring loaded . How it is now the blade can make contact with the stock without making any contact with the rollers. I am trying to find out what differential their should be between the height of the blade and the height of the rollers.

Michael.

[Bruce Wrenn]

If you don't have the manual, it's available online from Delta.