Dave Cav
07-21-2008, 7:32 PM
I just bought and set up a Grizzly G0453 15" planer, and it seems to work fine right out of the box. However, today while planing a bunch of teak I noticed that the table height adjustment seemed to be moving down while planing on the slow speed.
I was planing about 30 bf of 5/4 6" wide x 6' long teak boards down to 3/4" for a couple of cabinets. I wasn't paying that much attention to the height adjustment during the initial stages when I was hogging off wood at the high speed. However, when I switched to low speed and was taking the final few cuts I noticed the adjustment handwheel moving in the downward direction while the planer was cutting. At first I thought it might be due to the weight of the handle, so I took it off. I also tightened the two platten locking knobs up as much as I could hand tight. The adjustment still moved unless I kept my hand on the wheel. I was taking light cuts, about 1/4 of a turn of the wheel, which is probably around 1/32". It's not a big deal, but it's annoying.
Has anyone else noticed this, and were you able to do anything about it? I suspect part of it might be because by the time I got to this stage the knives were starting to get dull, as the finish wasn't nearly as nice as when I first started; the first few cuts the finish was almost polished, but by the time I was to 3/4, it was sort of dull. Still very smooth, but not shiny.
Other than that I really like the planer; I suspect that when I upgrade to a Byrd head I'll lilke it even better.
Thanks
Dave C
I was planing about 30 bf of 5/4 6" wide x 6' long teak boards down to 3/4" for a couple of cabinets. I wasn't paying that much attention to the height adjustment during the initial stages when I was hogging off wood at the high speed. However, when I switched to low speed and was taking the final few cuts I noticed the adjustment handwheel moving in the downward direction while the planer was cutting. At first I thought it might be due to the weight of the handle, so I took it off. I also tightened the two platten locking knobs up as much as I could hand tight. The adjustment still moved unless I kept my hand on the wheel. I was taking light cuts, about 1/4 of a turn of the wheel, which is probably around 1/32". It's not a big deal, but it's annoying.
Has anyone else noticed this, and were you able to do anything about it? I suspect part of it might be because by the time I got to this stage the knives were starting to get dull, as the finish wasn't nearly as nice as when I first started; the first few cuts the finish was almost polished, but by the time I was to 3/4, it was sort of dull. Still very smooth, but not shiny.
Other than that I really like the planer; I suspect that when I upgrade to a Byrd head I'll lilke it even better.
Thanks
Dave C