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Hi, thanks for your reply. The extra bit is the side fence which I'd just left on the top. There is a sprung strip (narrow red metal piece) as you describe and I imagined that it pushed against the underside of the piece to be planed. I thought that it might work how you described and now I'll...

Hi, I have an older Mybro 6" planer. The motor is dated 1961 and it's made of cast iron and very heavy. When I bought it, it came with a top thicknesses plate that holds onto the planer bed with eccentric pins. Does anyone know how this operates as I'm scratching my head. It's a good little...

I have one of these and it's a very well made machine. My question is this, how is the top thicknesses plate used? It is held onto the rear bed by cam pins and in some way sets the thickness of the cut but despite scratching my head I can't figure it out.