Ivan Da Ros
09-13-2015, 12:29 PM
Hello guys
I need to join to boards and don`t have a jointer but i have a power planer, so i put it on a table (i did a hole for the side of the planer) checking that is sitting a 90 degrees.
Then i put a wood guide before the infeed and another one after the outfeed.
After running the boards i ended with a small concave surface instead of a straight one, i checked and the infeed is not coplanar with the outfeed nor there is a way to adjust them, the start of the infeed (the part far from the knives) is going slightly upwards, i think that might be the issue.
This is the planer on the table (That was taken before i put the guides extending the feeds
http://i61.tinypic.com/23k3lo2.jpg
and this is a pic of the planer, there you can see that is not paralell to the body of the planer, in the pic is at zero position.
http://i59.tinypic.com/f9jqrn.jpg
I went to the place that sells the planers and took a look to a few ones like mine, and all have the infeed going upwards.
What do you think? am i right and that coulb be the issue? is there any way to fix it? i was thinking doing an extension of the infeed but putting it coplanar to the outfeed and bypass the infeed, could that work?
Thanks in advance!!!
I need to join to boards and don`t have a jointer but i have a power planer, so i put it on a table (i did a hole for the side of the planer) checking that is sitting a 90 degrees.
Then i put a wood guide before the infeed and another one after the outfeed.
After running the boards i ended with a small concave surface instead of a straight one, i checked and the infeed is not coplanar with the outfeed nor there is a way to adjust them, the start of the infeed (the part far from the knives) is going slightly upwards, i think that might be the issue.
This is the planer on the table (That was taken before i put the guides extending the feeds
http://i61.tinypic.com/23k3lo2.jpg
and this is a pic of the planer, there you can see that is not paralell to the body of the planer, in the pic is at zero position.
http://i59.tinypic.com/f9jqrn.jpg
I went to the place that sells the planers and took a look to a few ones like mine, and all have the infeed going upwards.
What do you think? am i right and that coulb be the issue? is there any way to fix it? i was thinking doing an extension of the infeed but putting it coplanar to the outfeed and bypass the infeed, could that work?
Thanks in advance!!!