On Monday, January 28, 2019 at 8:30:53 PM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 1/28/2019 4:25 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
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The outfeed roller is definitely lower than the infeed roller and that is
what my question is. Should it be?

Went and looked and I'd actually forgotten on the Model 13 both are set
the same height, only the compression spring is adjustable.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/1141/18135.pdf

shows how a planer is designed to work and has some very useful
description of usage that is applicable for any.

Now I don't know about these little guys...well, gargle,gargle...oh!
there actually is a manual! It says right there

"The planer is supplied with planing blades mounted in the cutterhead
and infeed and outfeed rollers adjusted to the correct height."

That's exactly what the manual for my planer says.

The thing is, they might as well have added the words "are supposed to be",
as in "infeed and outfeed rollers *are supposed to be* adjusted to the
correct height".

That is basically the whole point of my question. I know what the manual
says but I don't if the guy/gal who put mine together did it right. Since I
don't know squat about planers, I have no idea if the engineer's idea of
"the correct height" is what my planer is actually set at. What does
"correct height" mean - both rollers the same distance from the bed or the
outfeed lower then the infeed roller by 1/32"?

In other words, just because mine came out the box the way it did doesn't
mean that it's set up correctly.


Ergo, while there's no cross-sectional drawing as in the other manual,
it appears like with the Model 13 the position of the rollers is fixed
and you may/may not have an adjustable pressure spring or it may be
these are fixed, too...

There is no adjustment on mine, so either uneven is right or it's screwed
up. That's what I'm trying to determine.



Inspection of the way the thing is constructed should answer the
question, but I'm guessing there is no adjustment provided to change the
position.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1078112/Wen-6550.html?page=16#manual


I figured that anyone who had a planer similar to mine (e.g. lunchbox)
could try my simple test and let me know what theirs does.

The company I shall call.