twodoctors
Established Member
Hi all,
So I have a SIP planer thicknesser which I bought pre-loved a while back. Changed the blade recently as one of them had a chip somewhere (and I'm no good at sharpening them).
Anyway I don't have a jig for adjusting the blade, so I used the method shown on many YouTube channel where one adjust the blade height so that it moves the wood by no more than 5mm. Managed to do with a bit of trial and error, and I was checking at the left and right hand part of the blade only. All tighten up and it was still doing fine... except when I check the middle of the blade the movement is more like 6mm. Only a tiny bit out, suggesting either the blade has a bit of a curve (new blade) or the table is not flat (which I can't detect with my straight edge).
Is still still within tolerance (for a budget planer thicknesser)? Or it is time to offload it for a new one perhaps?
Thanks.
Adrian
So I have a SIP planer thicknesser which I bought pre-loved a while back. Changed the blade recently as one of them had a chip somewhere (and I'm no good at sharpening them).
Anyway I don't have a jig for adjusting the blade, so I used the method shown on many YouTube channel where one adjust the blade height so that it moves the wood by no more than 5mm. Managed to do with a bit of trial and error, and I was checking at the left and right hand part of the blade only. All tighten up and it was still doing fine... except when I check the middle of the blade the movement is more like 6mm. Only a tiny bit out, suggesting either the blade has a bit of a curve (new blade) or the table is not flat (which I can't detect with my straight edge).
Is still still within tolerance (for a budget planer thicknesser)? Or it is time to offload it for a new one perhaps?
Thanks.
Adrian