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Default Is My Planer Set Up Correctly?

On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 11:09:00 PM UTC-5, Jerry Osage wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:10:59 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
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On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 3:38:18 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 2:19:30 PM UTC-6, Jerry Osage wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:23:56 -0600, dpb wrote:

How long is the workpiece and how are you supporting it coming out the
backside of the planner? That sounds like it may be that the whole
workpiece, sled and all is causing the rear table to droop and raising
the back end up into the cutter head owing to the moment arm off the
rear table...these little guys aren't all that beefy, the table may well
flex, too, without additional support.

Even if the out feed table does not flex the board will try to pivot the
tail end up with the fulcrum at the outer edge of the out feed table.

Although the in feed and out feed rollers in my planer are not spring loaded
they will flex and deform slightly causing what may be a similar problem if
my out feed support is slightly lower than the planer bed. Somewhere in the
last third of the board it will develop a very slight taper as the weight of
the board starts pressing up on the feed rollers - and a bad snipe when the
end of the board passes the in feed rollers...
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Jerry O.

Maybe an extended feed table or standing feed rollers will minimize the problem.


How about an extended feed table supported by roller stand on the in and out
feed side? That's what I've been using.

Yes, that is my solution also. I was suggesting that the OP might have a
similar problem.


I *am* the OP.

I am already using what you suggested.