Smeg wrote:
You guys are going to love this. I bought the Delta 305 back 8-10 years
ago at Crappy Tire.
I purchased it to rerun My square D white pine 10"x6" logs, some are 3 ft
and some are 20 ft.
Yes I know I need a industrial planner but on My budget it isn't happening.
Now the dilemma, It feeds Ok but fails to pull the log through the
machine.
I have to assist it which becomes very labour intensive.
Is there any way to have the rollers modified with a substance to grab the
log better?
Even with multiple light passes I still have to push.
It is not laboring the cutter head but certainly doesn't pull these logs
through.
I don't care @ $199. cost if I burn this thing out, as long as it does all
My logs board feet
with several knives I will still be ahead of the game.
Any suggestions or assistance would be appreciated.

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Think about this, "you" are strong enough to lift the work and help push it
through and that is labor intensive for you. Your dinky planer is not.
If it cannot grip tight enough to feed the work "and" cut, you are asking
too much. These type planers will marginally cut 10" wide on stock that is
3/4" thick let alone have the power to feed something 8 times heavier.