Ridgid planer

In article <[email protected]>, Shawn
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 3 Feb 2004 07:48:49 -0800, avthokie wrote:
>
> > When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> > through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> > and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> > wood.
> >


I'm not sure this will help you but it certainly helped me. I can't
take credit for it and I'm not sure what I did with the link but here
goes:

Take a piece of melamine coated mdf or similar and lay it straight
through the infeed-->planer-->outfeed assy. You don't need to fasten
this down if you put a small 1x1 hardwood cleat at the front of the
board in the infeed side. I hope this makes sense? If you put some
paste wax on the melamine (may not even need to) you will have a very
functional and near-zero snipe setup. This should solve your problem
unless you have dull blades?

Thanks.
Andrew.

btw - whoever came up with this ingenious idea is to be commended (as
stated, it wasn't me -- thanks!

On 3 Feb 2004 07:48:49 -0800, avthokie wrote:

> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

Try waxing the table.

Shawn

How would that happen when the bottom of the board is in contact with it, no
the side being planed? Am I missing something?

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"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Read the label, though I should expect, as I said, that it would enter the
> collector with the shavings.
>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > PAM? Or other cooking oil spray.
> > > Pledge? Or other dusting sprays using mineral oil and some wax.
> > > WD40? Which seems to slick anything for a short time, and even removes
> > some
> > > gum.
> >
> > I am not certain but doesn't Pledge contain silicone oil? I don't think
> I'd
> > want to spray that on my woodworking tools.
> >
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> > Last update: 1/31/04
> >
> >
>
>

PAM? Or other cooking oil spray.
Pledge? Or other dusting sprays using mineral oil and some wax.
WD40? Which seems to slick anything for a short time, and even removes some
gum.

Any will work, be deleted on a subsequent pass.

Real planers have bed rollers.

"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "avthokie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> > through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> > and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> > wood.
> >
> > I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> > "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> > able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
> >
> > If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
> >
> The planer I used to use sticks like crazy and ruins the wood.
> Then you spray something on the table and it runs beautifully, for a
while.
>
> Now that I have my own planer, does anyone know what that spray was?
>
>

Read the label, though I should expect, as I said, that it would enter the
collector with the shavings.

"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > PAM? Or other cooking oil spray.
> > Pledge? Or other dusting sprays using mineral oil and some wax.
> > WD40? Which seems to slick anything for a short time, and even removes
> some
> > gum.
>
> I am not certain but doesn't Pledge contain silicone oil? I don't think
I'd
> want to spray that on my woodworking tools.
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 1/31/04
>
>

"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> PAM? Or other cooking oil spray.
> Pledge? Or other dusting sprays using mineral oil and some wax.
> WD40? Which seems to slick anything for a short time, and even removes
some
> gum.

I am not certain but doesn't Pledge contain silicone oil? I don't think I'd
want to spray that on my woodworking tools.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 1/31/04

"avthokie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
The planer I used to use sticks like crazy and ruins the wood.
Then you spray something on the table and it runs beautifully, for a while.

Now that I have my own planer, does anyone know what that spray was?

Toller wrote:
>
> The planer I used to use sticks like crazy and ruins the wood.
> Then you spray something on the table and it runs beautifully, for a while.
>
> Now that I have my own planer, does anyone know what that spray was?
>
>

Topcote should work well in that application.

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avthokie wrote:

> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

Make sure the head is locked, and try cleaning the rollers with some
alcohol. You'll probably want to do that with the planer off :-)
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Sunderland, MD
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On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 17:00:24 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:


>Now that I have my own planer, does anyone know what that spray was?

It could have been TopCote, but I say forget the spray, use plain old
paste wax. Butchers, BriWax, Goddards, whatever you can find.

Barry

When I first got my planer for Christmas I noticed that it did it to me too.
Then I locked the down the blade and that took care of the problem.

"avthokie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

I've got that planer and it did the same thing until I hooked it up to the
dust collector. Major difference. Make sure you wax the bed with a good
paste wax with no silicone.

"avthokie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

My Delta did this until I hooked it up to a dust collector. No problems
since. It seems the dust would prevent the rollers from being able to feed
the stock through.

Frank

"avthokie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When I feed wood into my Ridgid planer it seems to get 'stuck' halfway
> through. I usually need to push or pull the wood the rest of the way
> and by the time it comes out I notice snipe marks in the middle of my
> wood.
>
> I have tried adjusting the amount that I plane from "less" 1/128 to
> "more" 1/64 and am having the same problem. Unfortunately I have been
> able to repeat this scenario with both 4/4 and 8/4 wood.
>
> If anybody had and ideas I would appreciate them.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob