I have a powermatic PM15 5HP (Planer / Molder) and I'm trying to set the
height of the infeed and outfeed rollers in relation to the cutting blades.
I've been having so much trouble that I finalled bought a bed feed roll
gauge / deflection gauge to measure the distance and set the rollers.
According to the manual the in-feed roller needs to be 1/16 lower then the
blade and the out-feed roller 1/32. When I checked the current setup they
were way to low and so I assume the lumber was butting up against the roller
instead of feeding under it. Anyway after reseting the rollers to the
"proper" heights the unit will not plane 1/8 of a pine board while pulling
the lumber through, I cranked the rollers down a little more and it's still
not grabbing. Am I doing something wrong or is the manuals guidlines way
off?