Welcome to the little Delta planer. It's a great little machine but it's not
really designed to work for a living. For those large cuts, I only go MAX
1/8 turn and even then I try to go less than that. I'll run it through four
or five times and let the planer cool off before running it through again.

I ran 500 bd ft of pine through it a while back and while it did get hot, it
never really complained. That said, I was concerned enough that I bought a
15" JET for the "real" planing but am keeping the 22-560 for the smaller
stuff and for the finishing cuts.

Good luck
Rob


"Keith Carlson" wrote in message
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Should a planer be able to operate continuously on boards at its capacity
if
the recommended maximum cut is used???

I may have done something stupid tonight. Well, maybe not stupid...
ignorant
at least. First time I tried running a 12 inch wide rough-sawn (red oak)
board through my Delta planer. I started, like I always do, feeding it
through with the depth set so it would feed through, but nothing being
cut.
Then crank it down a half turn with each pass. The first couple of passes
where it actually cut, I noticed the motor was really bogged down, so I
switched to 1/4 turn down each pass. The owner's manual says 1 turn is
3/32
inch. So a quarter turn should be about 3/128, or about .023 being cut.

Of course, taking smaller cuts means it takes longer to surface both
sides.
I was at this for about 30 minutes. Near the end I started lowering the
depth by only 1/8 turn (.011 cut).

When I shut if off, there was smoke rising off the motor housing, and the
gray plastic housing had discolored. :-( Son came out to the garage and
said "smells like burnt chicken in here!"

Now, the manual reads: "For 10" and 12" wide hardwood, a maximum depth of
cut of 3/64 is recommended". I was cutting less than that. Do the
manufacturers (or Delta at least) exaggerate the capability of these
machines? Should I have known better and cut for 10 minutes, then waited
for 10-15 minutes before continuing?

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