Hi Folks,
I have a powermatic taiwanese 15 inch planer which I have had for over 10 years and it's been fine. Today I was planing some 8 to 10 inch wide hard maple boards and it seems like the crank goes up making the cut less and so not much progress is being made. I had just put in sharp blades and ran about 30 bf of maple through it before today. Is maple that hard that it fights the blades and pushes the platform down? I have never had this problem with other woods and can obviously try some different species. I did notice that the rods that go through by the four posts and the nut on the crank had worked themselves loose, so I tightened them, but it still acts up.
Any advice?
thanks,
Stevo