I have a Dewalt 13″ two speed planer, it was working beautifuly until yesterday…
It will not advance/feed the board through it. I lifted the head and looked and the feed drums are spinning under no load… Any ideas what it could be before I bring it to the shop?
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Mine won't feed when the knives get dull. Is that a possibility?
That is a possibility but I still think it should feed?
I tried waxing the bed, next step I'll clean the rollers with alcohol, but they didn't look that bad
If the knives are dull, the rollers will poll the board in until it hits them. Then the board will stop moving.Remember that the rollers are trying to pull the board INTO the planer, while the knives are trying to push it back OUT. It would at least be worth pulling the chip deflector off to have a peek at the knives.
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The first thing is to clean the rollers, use some alchol.
And clean and wax the bed.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I have that same problem with my 13" DW planer. I havent addressed the problem yet (cause i dont use it enough) but i'm guessing dirty rollers and/or unwaxed table.
Let me know what your fix is, maybe I have the same problem.
Thanks to all that have replied, I'm going to swap the blades, their is a very distinct possibility they could be dull, though the were cutting fine last time I used it.
I'll let you know if it works.
I thought I had replied back to you, guess I really am losing my mind...
Anyway, I cleaned the feed rollers with Alcohol as suggested, did the same for the bed and waxed it up. Replaced the blades and cleaned the rest of it out, a little silicon on the posts and it's working like a charm.
Two out of three blades were relatively dull upon inspection and the rollers were gummed up pretty good...
did you get yours working?
Same here. Wax the bed frequently. I have not noticed the problem relating to blade sharpness. I have noticed it can be difficult to feed roughsawn material face down, as well as long boards. Using an outfeed roller is also helpful.
I have a Delta and it always does that when knives are dull.
What Doodabug and the rest said. Dull blades are going to give the rollers much more resistance making them just spin in place. Also, there are some planers that have an adjustable torque nut for the rollers, my old 15" Rockwell had one. It's better to clean the rollers and make sure the blade is sharp first though.
there is a sprocket that runs the power feed, it my have broke. I own one and havn't had a problem but I hear it is common with it.
Am I the only guy in here that has broke that sprocket?
Part was 3 bucks took me about 6 hrs to change it.
I think I could change one in about 45min now.
Dewalts web site has cool videos on how to fix & adjust about every part on their planers.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
What were you running when the sprocket broke?
be I don't wanna do that
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It was kinda dirty <G>“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
That's a big job for these jobsite planers. I usually take that sort of thing to a local place with a big cast iron beast, and use the DW for the things where I have maybe a couple dozen sticks. If I had to spend 6 hours changing a sprocket I'd probably make an anchor out of the thing, or maybe bring it over to your house so you can show me the 45-minute repair.
6 hrs was the learning curve.
& to top it off I put the blades in it backwards----- woo hoo ----don't ever do that.
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Hey I know you don't go down to the tav , so I'll put the pic here---------
Hey let me know if you can hear this go off at midnight.
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Whoa... does your wife have bail money ready?!
Reminds me of my neighbor. He builds cannons that shoot bowling balls. I think he learned some of his skills in Vietnam. Anyway, he can lob them half a mile out into the valley behind us, and they go about 6 feet deep on impact. If I go down by the harbor at midnight they might be blasting... no balls of course, just a lotta powder.
Hey it's one fuse, & about 2' long to boot.
I'm gonna light it then get the camera.
In all honesty I'm pretty cautious with it cause of the kids being around, but back in my Army days-------well let's just say Ft Gordon has one less guard shack.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
dang I hate to hear that.
One day I got to wondering if I was abusing my little 12" Delta by running 12ft 8" to 12" roughcut maple thru it.
sharp blades and it does it ok but man, I don't want to break it and I would think redwood's a lot easier to plane than a maple.
be unbroken
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Edited 1/1/2007 3:30 pm ET by rez
It wasn't the wood.
A couple of things,
1- I bought it used & that was the first serious use of it, so I'm not sure if it was weakend by the previous owner.
2- there was so much black moss & other stuff on the wood that I should have scrapped off before I planed them.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
black moss & other stuff
ROAR! ok.
be a salvage king
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thats been a on going problem with them planers.
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Ity's such a massive gear reduction, I'm surprised I only broke it one time.
I get a lot of use/abuse out of my planer.“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.†—Benjamin Franklin
I am just going to toss this in here. The Portland Or. supplier for Powermatic held a work shop many yrs. ago on tuning planers up . Among the tips was this one:
Use baby powder" (Talcum Powder) to seal and slicken cast tables on planers or saws. I have done it ever since and it is great, I like it better than wax.
Ya gotta get a little Talcum...
You gotta borrow it from Malcom...
....Peace
Neil
Do you have the manual for that machine?
If so look and see what you do after changing blades. On my Delta I'm supposed to set the feed rollers.
My instructions show a block of wood with a notch or U shape cut out of it, this is where it gets a little fuzzy, I think you put the block of wood under/inside the machine with the notch fitting where the cutters would hit, and the feed rollers landing on the two outer sides of the block, this is where you set the feed rollers. I just dont remember what I did afterwards!
I know that this is probably incoherant but try looking at the instructions, should have something on "feed rollers"
You can probably ask this over at knots, those guys will know! Just dont ask about the Festool Vs EZ!
Doug
Edited 12/29/2006 9:56 pm ET by DougU
The DeWalt service center in KC (around 90th & Quivira) is very good. They have fixed things for me while I waited.
I didn't believe you and had to look it up.The last time I was their, but it has been a long time, it was on Main St in KC, MO.In fact to tell you how long ago it was I was gettting the dust collector hood for the orginal DW planer about 6-12 months after it was first released..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I used to stop at their KCMO location every few months whenever I would swing through downtown KC. It was always fun going through their bargain bins. In fact, I just finished using a 4" hole saw I bought there in 2001 for $6.00!
Their new location is actually closer to 90th St. Two years ago I was at a work stoppage while trimming out an addition. I brought my SCMS to them about ten minutes before closing. They took it apart right there, cannibalized parts off of another saw in the store to get it going, and had me out of there in 20 minutes.
The saw was eight years old at that time. The repair guy asked me if I had ever had it worked on before. I said no, I had just done two brush changes on my own. He said the armature had failed because two screws were missing. Since nobody had had it apart, it must have been a factory problem. I got the screws, armature, labor, and great service for free!
I am always surprised that some guys here on BT get very upset when they have some little problem with a DW product.
Pretty much any planer will behave like that when the rollers and knives get gummy. I use citrus cleaner for the knives. If you are working with wood like pine with a lot of pitch then you will have to clean the knives often. Also clean the table and the rollers with citrus. Wipe off the residue with a damp cloth and then rub wax paper on the table. That should work. If your knives are dull then it will show up in the surface of your piece showing lines where there are nicks in the blades. The citrus cleaner I use I get at a bike shop. I use if to clean wax off my skis too. The brand is "Finish Line".
Use gloves when cleaning the knives....duh.
Ever tried "Simple Green" -- which HD is selling these days? I have it around to clean saw blades, but I never thought to try it on planer blades (or the bed).********************************************************
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What everyone said about cleaning th knives and waxing the bed.
I usually wipe down the blades and rolls with mineral spirits.
Had some feed problems a while ago and realised it had been some time since I had waxed the bed. What a difference that made!
Cheers and Happy New Year!
-Paul
My planers do that when it is below 40 degrees. If it is cold and I know I am going to use the next day, I carry it into the house to warm up. Even though I might turn on the heat in the shop, the iron never really warms up enough. Good luck.
They make a replacement part that specificall addresses that problem:
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