Steven Wayne
12-22-2018, 7:43 PM
I bought an Jet 20" planer 4-5 years ago with the intention of getting it setup for my hobby wood working. I have a rather well equipped wood shop for my custom upholstery business. When I have time, I enjoy making boxes, furniture and such. A few years ago I installed a Byrd Shelix head. Since then I've tried to feed a board or two and something wasn't quite right. I have a small box I want to make for a Christmas gift, so I got to sorting out the planer adjustments. After doing some reading I ordered Grizzly's Rotacator. It was the tool I needed to get things going. I now have the infeed roller at 0.040 below dead center and the outfeed at 0.020 below. It's feeding much better. I also ordered an infeed and outfeed table from Grizzly to replace the single rollers the planer came with. I expected a bit of work ahead of me because the bed casting doesn't have the needed holes.
One of the tables got here a couple days ago. After I had the first mounting hole drilled and tapped I realized the bed casting vertical wasn't a right angle to the bed.
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The angle measured right about 3 degrees. This morning I made a 3 degree shim out of 1/8" sheet aluminum on my router. I used a "shield" that is common in interior/car audio fabrication. I set the shield to 3 degrees, at attached the aluminum to a sacrificial piece of 1/4" acrylic and that to the shield. I use Kent Automotive's blue tape. This stuff isn't affected by WD-40 (which I use as a lubricant) and it doesn't let go.
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I raised the flush trim bit 3/16" at a time as I started to cut the angle.
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This method works well and creates a very nice finish. This is the completed shim:
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I bought a 50" straight edge from Taylor Tool on Amazon. They advertise 0.003" over 50". Good enough to get this table adjusted. I think it turned out well. All told I'm still under half of what a new planer would have cost.
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I have no idea why my photos are rotated 90, or how to fix.. [edit] fixed.
One of the tables got here a couple days ago. After I had the first mounting hole drilled and tapped I realized the bed casting vertical wasn't a right angle to the bed.
399389
The angle measured right about 3 degrees. This morning I made a 3 degree shim out of 1/8" sheet aluminum on my router. I used a "shield" that is common in interior/car audio fabrication. I set the shield to 3 degrees, at attached the aluminum to a sacrificial piece of 1/4" acrylic and that to the shield. I use Kent Automotive's blue tape. This stuff isn't affected by WD-40 (which I use as a lubricant) and it doesn't let go.
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I raised the flush trim bit 3/16" at a time as I started to cut the angle.
399391
This method works well and creates a very nice finish. This is the completed shim:
399392
I bought a 50" straight edge from Taylor Tool on Amazon. They advertise 0.003" over 50". Good enough to get this table adjusted. I think it turned out well. All told I'm still under half of what a new planer would have cost.
399393
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399395
I have no idea why my photos are rotated 90, or how to fix.. [edit] fixed.