fetteler
Established Member
Hi Folks,
Well the MB is sliding into a fair state of readiness now and I'm going to put a pair of blades in and run it up soon.
So, here's the question - What height do I set the blades at or, to put it another way, how much should the cutting edge of the blade protrude above the circumference of the (cylindrical of course...) cutting block?
My planer has an adjustable outfeed table so the blade height is not defined by the outfeed as is the case with many others. I'm curious to know the optimum position for the blade in the block. I guess too low and there's not enough clearance for chip breaking and too high can get silly. Interested to know your thoughts, at the moment I've got the sharp edge of the blades 2mm above the block.
I know how to go about setting the blades parallel with the outfeed table/block/thicknesser table so please don't misunderstand my question - there's enough written on here about that :wink:
Cheers,
Steve.
Well the MB is sliding into a fair state of readiness now and I'm going to put a pair of blades in and run it up soon.
So, here's the question - What height do I set the blades at or, to put it another way, how much should the cutting edge of the blade protrude above the circumference of the (cylindrical of course...) cutting block?
My planer has an adjustable outfeed table so the blade height is not defined by the outfeed as is the case with many others. I'm curious to know the optimum position for the blade in the block. I guess too low and there's not enough clearance for chip breaking and too high can get silly. Interested to know your thoughts, at the moment I've got the sharp edge of the blades 2mm above the block.
I know how to go about setting the blades parallel with the outfeed table/block/thicknesser table so please don't misunderstand my question - there's enough written on here about that :wink:
Cheers,
Steve.