Hey all you planer snipers!

The blades are closer to the table than the old blades, by a hair? That would reduce, by a bit, the pressure from the rollers for the same depth of cut as before you changed blades. Could that explain the reduction in snipe for you?

Dave

stoutman wrote:

I guess so. That does make sense.

FWIW I got rid of of my snipe problem by adjusting the tables.

That's how we ALL reduce snipe. stoutman's post recounted a different scenario.

Dave

toller wrote:

Nope. Those of us with iron planers adjust roller pressure and the chipbreaker.

Seems blades being closer to the table would increase snipe.

Stop gloating...

Dave

George wrote:

Besides which, the OP stated that new blades sniped less. wouldn't new blades be longer than the worn ones, and thefore, proves the point, because the only change in position is RELATIVE; the relative height of the blades in relation to the rollers.

Dave

David wrote:

"stoutman" wrote in news:QRDqe.242$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.southeast.rr.com:

Blade sharpness significantly impacts how hard the machine has to work to reduce the surface of your stock. If the stock is cut more easily, then the forces which would cause snipe (stock moving relative to the cutter head after the ends move across the rollers) would have less relative effect.

Or something like that, I would think.

It's an idea. But I'm in software. Ask a hardware engineer.

And change the blades when the sound the planer makes seems to change. At least take them out, and clean the gunk off of them. Maybe a quick hone with some 800 grit wrapped around a chunk of maple.

Patriarch

Seen the same.

Smaller bites seem to reduce snipe as well.

And feeding the board at an angle to the knives can reduce snipe.

they might also be sharper, right? would that effect snipe?

mac

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damn... another problem with living on the west coast... I've never even SEEN a chunk of maple.. (or cherry, mesquite, birch, etc.)

mac

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Sharp blades can snipe plenty if you've got a snipe-prone machine (some brands are worse than others) or if the tables aren't adjusted properly. I'm not sure the fact that the blades are sharp, in and of itself, would reduce snipe one iota. Then again, maybe I'm wrong.

Dave

mac davis wrote:

mac davis wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Lotsa big leaf maple in Norcal, Oregon & Washington. Good turning stuff. There's a 48" log of paper birch, 15" diameter, on my driveway that a friend rescued from the chippers when the tree trimmers were done.

I'm near Oakland, CA.

Friends are good to have. There's walnut due in this weekend.

Patriarch

Your kidding. I'm just outside Seattle and I cut two 50' maples out of my front yard.

hmm... I'll have to beat on my kid up at Fort Lewis to find me some hardwood! I have a garage and side yard full of logs and blanks now, but all pine, fir, etc...

mac

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Maybe it's just my area, Central Calif.... all soft wood here... When I lived in the Bay area, especially San Carlos, there were white oaks all over the place as street trees...

mac

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