Spectric
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Hi everyone
What method and or jigs are you using to set up planer knives, anyone got a magic solution?
What method and or jigs are you using to set up planer knives, anyone got a magic solution?
I use the same sort of jig from Ax; I can set three blades in my Jet 260 spot on in around ten minutes - RobLazurus":2wu88zbw said:I got the blade setting jig when on offer at Rutlands, https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-too ... ta+dkpnjig until.
+1. Same jigs, same planer, same results. Just make sure you get them set perfectly first time you use them and they’re reasonably fool-proof. Much less of a chore than the stick and pencil method. I find I now change my blades when needed rather than put it off.woodbloke66":361ojijq said:I use the same sort of jig from Ax; I can set three blades in my Jet 260 spot on in around ten minutes - RobLazurus":361ojijq said:I got the blade setting jig when on offer at Rutlands, https://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+power-too ... ta+dkpnjig until.
This is a great idea, but might not be ideal for the initial setup of a P/T if the planer outfeed table and thicknesser base are not parallel.MikeJhn":2bizdr3p said:I use a piece of plate glass, just put it above the knives and tighten the bolts, no magic, no 0.25678mm projection just flush with the outfeed table, and I never get snipe.
So do you set your blades to the thickening bed?MikeK":15uwcxmc said:This is a great idea, but might not be ideal for the initial setup of a P/T if the planer outfeed table and thicknesser base are not parallel.MikeJhn":15uwcxmc said:I use a piece of plate glass, just put it above the knives and tighten the bolts, no magic, no 0.25678mm projection just flush with the outfeed table, and I never get snipe.
The reference point for my machine must be the one part that I can't adjust, which is the drum that holds the blades. The outfeed table will be set to the surface of the drum, as will the surface of the thicknesser bed. Aside from any variations in my dial gauge, if both surfaces are parallel to the drum, then they will also be parallel to the blades when I set the blades with respect to the outfeed table.MikeJhn":133ngeri said:So do you set your blades to the thickening bed?
What Mike said ...MikeJhn":3cnl936w said:I use a piece of plate glass, just put it above the knives and tighten the bolts, no magic, no 0.25678mm projection just flush with the outfeed table, and I never get snipe.
Did you try the glass-plate-plus-copier- paper method?Spectric":3tmn6ytz said:I like the idea of those blades with locators, will look into these and have also looked at those Shelix cutter drums but they don't do one for the PT107 but can manufacture but spending that much more means I could have had the Axminster with it already fitted. Brought one of those one way multigauges which allows you to see the height but does not help adjusting it, really well made and handy for other task.
Having spent probably another day on this P/T and still it cuts badly I am now rethinking. Being used to metal more than wood and working to tight tolerances has not helped, just how accurate should these blades be? I can see they all need to be parallel to the outfeed table and all three the same height otherwise one will end up doing most of the work but within ten thou or what?