PTFA sprayGents, what do you use for polishing the tables?
Edit. There’s plenty of info on this topic so I bought myself some Liberon Lubricating Wax.
Whilst I appreciate Brian's solution suits him, it would be no great problem to put a short lead with two crocodile clips between the terminals of the suspect switch to try the operation, or even put a jumper lead between them to try it out. If the switch is defective or the play can't be adjusted then replace it or short it and continue à la Brian? Good luck!
Thanks Gents. I went with the principle of shorting the microswitch by screwing both cables into one terminal. That solved the problem and I’ve now got a working thicknesser. I’ve got asthma so I will never cut without extraction anyway.A further note
I was having trouble with the same switch in that it was difficult to get the hood to operate the lever. On investigating the switch and its mechanism I realised it is not a failsafe arrangement. I also took the view that I didn't necessarily want dust collection on all my planing operations. On such occasions I would not want the hood in place. I therefore removed the operating lever to disable the switch. The machine now works perfectly well in both modes.
Brian
I've not done Rebates on a planner for years - for every thing except the smallest runs I cut Rebates on the table saw and clean up by hand or on the router table.Can I ask if the machine can rebate timber?
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