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I was given a 15 inch planer and have been working on it in hope of bringing it to usable condition. I have never messed with planers before. I have learned that there are differences in the way knives are attached and it appears that this particular cutter head requires a knife-setting gauge from the manufacturer. I cannot find the manufacturer and it seems this machine is no longer supported.
Prior to learning this, I spent $45 to have the three knives sharpened, I wire brushed and sanded and chemically removed rust and build up from the cutter head, the locking bar, its screws... By downloading a manual for a grizzly planer, I figured out how to make the table parallel to the cutter hand and made those adjustments. I installed the three knives fairly close to the cutter head using a dial indicator jig I made from the Bob Vaughan video on youtube.
Now I read in a handy book (I borrowed) by John White, that there is a pressure bar and chip breaker whose adjustments are to be within thousandths of the cutter head. That leads me full circle to my question, is there a way to properly adjust this machine without the knife setting gauge from the manufacturer?
Chuck Barnett
PS: If nothing else comes from this, I am sure learning a lot.
Prior to learning this, I spent $45 to have the three knives sharpened, I wire brushed and sanded and chemically removed rust and build up from the cutter head, the locking bar, its screws... By downloading a manual for a grizzly planer, I figured out how to make the table parallel to the cutter hand and made those adjustments. I installed the three knives fairly close to the cutter head using a dial indicator jig I made from the Bob Vaughan video on youtube.
Now I read in a handy book (I borrowed) by John White, that there is a pressure bar and chip breaker whose adjustments are to be within thousandths of the cutter head. That leads me full circle to my question, is there a way to properly adjust this machine without the knife setting gauge from the manufacturer?
Chuck Barnett
PS: If nothing else comes from this, I am sure learning a lot.