I recently planed several hundred feet of 1" spruce boards, all went well, or so it seemed. At some point near the end of that work a lose knot must have jammed against the knife, resulting in a severe bend in one of the knives and knife locking bar. The deviation was close to 1/8 inch. Nasty. On a related note I just got the delta 22-580 two speed 13" model to replace old TP400. I searched comments on the 580 on various sites. One woodworker was of the opinion that the two speeds could be a potential souce of problems. Sure enough, although the new machine worked great right out of the box, after changing to finishing speed, the speed control lever would not return to dimensioning speed, unless I fiddled with the rollers. The Canadian Delta offices are closed today for the holiday. Any other delta 580 users had this problem? Opinions welcome TIA
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18 years ago