rudy de haas
01-22-2018, 3:38 PM
When I bought my planer (the craftex version of the G1037Z) I got a big discount because it was a floor model and someone had managed to nick the knives rather badly. The nick was near the right edge so I simply used the right side for rougher work and put anything needing a better finish in hear the left edge. The unit has not done, by commercial standards, much work and the original blades (HSS) are still fairly sharp but I now want to plane a few hundred board feet of 7-8" wide material and want to get rid of that nick (because it produces a ridge visible on the planed board if I let it shift over where the nick is). As part of the original deal busybee paid for a set of new carbide blades (Titans, made in Michigan) so I put those in today. I did not adjust the jack screws - according to (my eyeballs in not great light on) the gauge the new knives are well within 1/32 of the original height.
However a test board felt "choppier" - as if I were cutting against the grain instead of with it - but came out nice and smooth. Is this more likely because the blades are carbide edged instead of steel or because the blades are out a tiny bit more than they should be? i.e. should I open it up again and tighten the jack screws down half a turn or so each?
However a test board felt "choppier" - as if I were cutting against the grain instead of with it - but came out nice and smooth. Is this more likely because the blades are carbide edged instead of steel or because the blades are out a tiny bit more than they should be? i.e. should I open it up again and tighten the jack screws down half a turn or so each?