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Help with troubleshooting a Jet-JWP16OS Planer
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I recently acquired a 16-inch Jet Planer that I understand is about 15 years old. I believe that the previous owner was having issues with it and decided to upgrade to a helical model instead of figuring it out. The Planer is only capable of taking very thin slices of wood off. For example, I am primarily using planers to remove the finish off of reclaimed wood. My Dewalt DW733 was able to do this, on a 12-inch wide board, in one pass (2 if I didn't want to make it struggle). The Jet is taking 8+ passes to remove the finish without binding the wood. The first thing I checked was the blades, which I found had been sharpened to a "banana" shape. The center of the blade was not even above the blade holder. I ground the blades straight, resharpened and reinstalled. That resulted in only a very minor improvement. The board appears to be binding on something before it gets to the blades. I first suspected the chip breaker, but moving that up as high as it goes did not help. The anti-kick back mechanism is moving freely, and I reduced the tension on the feed rollers. Also adjusted the table rollers so that they are barely above the table. Still binding. When I get home tonight, I am going to check to make sure the feed rollers are set to 0.02" below the blades, as stated in the manual, but it doesn't seem like an issue here would cause binding... Is there anything else I should check?