Matt Guyrd
06-20-2006, 1:04 PM
Hey all...I have a couple of things I am hoping to get educated on by you good folks. I have two separate issues, one with my jointer, the other with my planer.
This weekend I was milling cherry for my first "real" woodworking project, a small Shaker-style table. The first problem I encountered was with my Delta 6" X5 jointer. I started hearing what sounded to me like noisy bearings. I shutdown the jointer and checked the belt and pulley alignment and ensured proper tension...everything seemed to be in order. I took the belt off and started the motor. Again, all was good...smooth and quiet. I rotated both pulleys by hand to try and detect any unusual noise. Nothing. Put the belt back on and the noise appears. I am having a hard time detecting the exact location, motor or cutterhead. But I am guessing it is motor related and the noise is present when slight pressure is placed on the motor's shaft by the belt. Any of this sound feasible or familiar? I will contact Delta tech support but thought I would poll the more experienced creekers.
My second question is in regards to my Ridgid 13" planer. I was planing about 20 Bf of aforementioned cherry. Keep in mind that both my jointer and planer are new and have seen little action. I started to plane the lumber with good results, ie, no chip-out. As I neared my desired thickness of 3/4", I started to get significant chip-out. I tried rotating the board thinking it was grain direction that was causing the chip-out, but I still received, in most cases, light to moderate chip-out. I do have a new set of knives I can try, but thought it was unusual for the knives to dull so quickly. So, my question is this...is it possible that the knives have dulled in such a short period of time? I read on another post about cleaning the knives. I cleaned both edges of each knife, but still had chip-out. Cutting depth is 1/16" or less (usually 1/32").
Also, could someone clarify for me which way the grain should actually run on the jointer and planner? I look at both the face and the edge of the board. On the face, if the grain comes to a point (something like >), then I feed it into the jointer with the point pointing away from the cutter head. On the planer, I feed the board with the point towards the cutter head. When looking at the edge, I look for the sloped in the grain. Although, admittedly, I get confused here, I feed the top of the slope into the jointer's cutterhead and the bottom of the slope into the planer's cutterhead. My apologies if I am not clear on this point.
Thanks for any feedback.
Matt
This weekend I was milling cherry for my first "real" woodworking project, a small Shaker-style table. The first problem I encountered was with my Delta 6" X5 jointer. I started hearing what sounded to me like noisy bearings. I shutdown the jointer and checked the belt and pulley alignment and ensured proper tension...everything seemed to be in order. I took the belt off and started the motor. Again, all was good...smooth and quiet. I rotated both pulleys by hand to try and detect any unusual noise. Nothing. Put the belt back on and the noise appears. I am having a hard time detecting the exact location, motor or cutterhead. But I am guessing it is motor related and the noise is present when slight pressure is placed on the motor's shaft by the belt. Any of this sound feasible or familiar? I will contact Delta tech support but thought I would poll the more experienced creekers.
My second question is in regards to my Ridgid 13" planer. I was planing about 20 Bf of aforementioned cherry. Keep in mind that both my jointer and planer are new and have seen little action. I started to plane the lumber with good results, ie, no chip-out. As I neared my desired thickness of 3/4", I started to get significant chip-out. I tried rotating the board thinking it was grain direction that was causing the chip-out, but I still received, in most cases, light to moderate chip-out. I do have a new set of knives I can try, but thought it was unusual for the knives to dull so quickly. So, my question is this...is it possible that the knives have dulled in such a short period of time? I read on another post about cleaning the knives. I cleaned both edges of each knife, but still had chip-out. Cutting depth is 1/16" or less (usually 1/32").
Also, could someone clarify for me which way the grain should actually run on the jointer and planner? I look at both the face and the edge of the board. On the face, if the grain comes to a point (something like >), then I feed it into the jointer with the point pointing away from the cutter head. On the planer, I feed the board with the point towards the cutter head. When looking at the edge, I look for the sloped in the grain. Although, admittedly, I get confused here, I feed the top of the slope into the jointer's cutterhead and the bottom of the slope into the planer's cutterhead. My apologies if I am not clear on this point.
Thanks for any feedback.
Matt