So I had a minor little project that the redwood boards were a little to thick. They were to short to run thru the planer safely but were long enough (15") to run thru 90 degrees to the grain. As I had not done this before thought I'd give it a try as they were not critical boards. Worked fine for about 4 passes, then lots of splinters left on the board. Knew the dust collection was clogged. Turned it off and sure enough, lots of long grain "splinters" clogged within the first 6" of the dust collection hose (5"). Cleaned that out and turned on DC again, not pulling like it was. Has to be clogged somewhere else too. Now I get to start taking it apart to find the clog. Guess i'll never do this again. Admitting my stupidity to stop anybody else from trying a bonehead move like this. The boards actually planed ok, but it was certainly not worth the trouble this is going to be!!!