HeyBub wrote:
Mike Marlow wrote:
woodchucker wrote:

You don't have the knives in correctly. They are sticking out too
far.

Between your comment, Doug's question and my own early thoughts, I'm
going to double check the knife I reversed tonight, and make double
sure it is fully seated, and then tackle the other knife in the
morning.
As I had said to Leon, when I looked in there last night, I sure did
think that the cutters looked like they were lower than the rollers.
Didn't seem to me that it should be that way.


It might be seated correctly, but the depth may be off. When knives
are sharpened, they lose some width.

Check the documentation relative to the machine with a view towards
finding the adjustment screws and how to set them.

Well, I made some progress on the monster and did manage to get it planing
better. The thing still will not feed, and the local Ridgid warranty shop
says that's common. It's a total rebuild of the feed train and if the
warranty registration had not been sent in, then the cost is $300. That
ain't gonna happen! I've priced parts and I can get them for about $130
with shipping if I want to do the work myself. My son is checking to see if
the previous owner submitted the warranty, and if not he'll have to decide
if he wants to put $130 into this. Dad's time of course, is just Dad's
time.

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-Mike-