Very nice David, good job.
Very nice David, good job.
Hello everyone,
I have had this sitting around work for a month or so,
I finally brought my planer in this week,
I next removed the pulley from the cutterhead and was about to remove the three screws that hold bearing cap to the side of the planer when I noticed this,
Then came the problem that held me up for 45 minutes. I could not get the woodruff key out of the old head. Most people are familiar with a key and keyway on the end of a shaft for a pulley. A small piece of square bar stock engages in a keyway (groove) in both the pulley and the shaft to stop it from free spinning. I usually tap a woodruff key (small semi circle piece of metal) with small hammer to remove it. I hit this key so hard I was worried I was peening it, it would not budge. I ground a cold chisel to a sharp point and drove it into the end of the key and ended up prying it out. I had to file down all the marks I had made in the key and tried to fit it into the new head. Nope wouldn't fit. I spent 10 minutes looking around the shop trying to find another one. I found two, one was too thin and the other was the same size and would not fit either. I spent quite a while filing the key until it finally fit into the shaft,
Time for an oil change,
Time to fire it up,
I ran out of time today to do the final modification, that will have to wait until Monday.
Thanks for looking,
David.
Every Neighbourhood has one, in Mine I'm Him.
Great write up!
How is the noise compared to the old head?
Not one bit of tear out. Nice upgrade.
Very Nice, but what's the final modification/ It's Monday here:-) Joe
So what was the elapsed time to change out the cutter head and be up and running? Any alignment problems?
These new cutter heads seem like the answer to a prayer when it comes to planing highly figured wood. The sample board you show was a great test - high figure AND knots - both "challenging" for conventional straight knife knives.
Thanks for the How To and congrats on the Neener.
charlie b
Thanks Leon.
It is much quieter. I wish I owned a DB meter so I could have posted numbers.
Thanks,
David.
Wixey digital height gague. It is done, but I have not taken pics yet...
Thanks,
David.
No problems other than those mentioned. It just took a couple of hours, but working at a tool store, I had everything around me I could possibly need.
I cannot wait to take it home (raining for the last few days) and try it on some of the squirly ash I have.
Thanks,
David.
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