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Well I just cannot get it to budge. I’ll have to take it to a machine shop. I have a feeling the bearing is rusted to the gearbox. The other end came out relatively easily from the casing though.

Took a closer look at the cutterhead tonight and it does not have those little screws, so it’s just stuck. I soaked it in PB blaster and will let it sit overnight and try it again tomorrow.

Thanks guys. I was looking last evening online and saw where there might be three small screws that attach the cutterhead to the rear of the gearbox. This example was a delta planer and mine is a...

I’m changing the cutter knife head in my old Bridgewood 15” planer. It’s a typical 4-post Asian planer. From 1990. Started in on it today and everything is going fairly well. My main hold up so far...

Chris I get what you’re saying. I just looked online at Home Depot. They do have some nice styles in vinyl. And they’re already black as well. For $50 a set I’m going to have to give that a hard...

I live in southern PA. We get 4 seasons. Nothing too extreme except humidity.

We just had new roof and siding put on our house and I would like to make shutters and paint them black. They would be decorative and not functional. I’m thinking just simple two panel shutters.
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Jared, this is one area I haven’t considered yet. Mine is a typical 4 post planer with no pressure bar. I’ve attached more pictures. My chip breaker spring pressure is weak on that side. I can push...

Thanks Dave, as I recall the boards do have the ripple from end to end. That particular board has since been cleaned up and used. I will try it again tonight to verify. It seems to be more pronounced...

I’m getting planer ripple on the left side of my boards. I’ve attached a few pictures to show (they’re supposed to be vertical). I have an old Bridgewood 15” planer that is 30 years old. Runs great,...

I have both hard black and soft Arkansas stones I bought from dans years back. I dress them very regularly with an extra course DMT diamond stone. Works fantastic. Highly recommend this to anyone. I...

Will do David!

I have fixed the problem today. This afternoon I “re-tuned” the saw again with nothing more than a combi square and a lucky tooth on the blade. I was very meticulous and got it just right. Not much...

This is a great idea Bruce and something I’ve seen done before. I would likely build one for 67.5 and 45. I will probably do this when I have more time. I need to get this flag case done very soon.

Lisa, what exactly were your problems? I notice the faces aren’t flat so I shimmed with
painters tape under neath no make it flat within .003. I also had to shim slightly to get the faces square...

Good point Alan. The jig is absolutely square to the clamping surface and back fence to the table. The clamping surface being parallel to the miter slot would be the fence since this is riding on the...

I tried two as well and still get the same result. I had thought this could be the problem as well.

Doug thanks for that article. That appears to be what my problem is.

I’m actually cutting vertically at 67.5 degrees to make the corners for a flag display case. I’m checking my saw blade parallel to the miter slot at 45 degrees to accurately make this cut.

Thanks guys. Yes the fence is parallel to the blade and miter slot. I’ve gone over everything multiple times. The stock is milled up flat and square. Maybe I’ll try moving the fence tail inward and...

I tried and tried to avoid asking for help but I am just at wits end with this. I am trying to make a flag display case. I’m cutting the angles in a tenon jig on the table saw. The saw is new to me...

I’m surprised no one has mentioned this yet. I make one face flat with a hand plane. This doesn’t mean planing the whole face. Just knocking the high corners off so it doesn’t rock on a flat bench....

I did find a nice belt length calculator online. I’ll put the link below in case anyone else is interested.

https://bepltd.com/pages/how-to-calculate-belt-length

Thanks guys. I see some Browning AX belts on amazon. They appear to be cogged. They are measured in pitch length? How do I know exactly what size I need?

I basically did a major cleaning on my Bridgewood 15” planer I’ve had for 5 years over the last few days. Removed and cleaned indeed and outfeed rollers, cleaned and greased all the chains and...