On 2/11/2016 4:22 PM, OFWW wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:59:56 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 02/11/2016 7:30 AM, Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 04:17:18 -0800 (PST)
tri ton 5226 @ comcast.net wrote:



Planer "skips" when planing (irregularly) can leave mark on stock
when happens.

commonly known as snipe

...


No, the symptom described isn't snipe -- that's the end-effect from a
rocking table or dropping the exit end resulting in taking off more
material from the end few inches.

OP says it "skips" irregularly -- sounds like bad feed rollers,
misadjusted feed pressure combined, perhaps, with dull blades causing
extra cutting work.

Never had one of the "lunchbox" planers so don't have any real hands on
advice for OP on them...have only "big iron" old Rockwell/Powermatic
units which aren't at all comparable in adjustments/setup, unfortunately
for that purpose.
He did mention that he had a bad link in the chain, and now it runs
ok. That would sure explain the "skip".


At least it explains that it is not snipe. ;~)