I am halfway through my first molding process using my Jet Planer and have a
few questions. My current run will produce some 2 1/4" Casing out of Red
Oak. I have the stock sized at 3/4" x 2 3/8" as suggested. My next step is
the relief cut and then move on to the actual profile cut.
1. I have ~ 4" of snipe at the end of each board from the Planing Process.
Is there any way I can fix this or will this become waste?
2. The manual mentions that it may be necessary to make several passes when
making the profile cut, is this true? I was wondering how the feed rollers
would work with less contact surface on second and subsequent passses.
3. Any tricks on the profile knife installation? I didn't have any problems
installing the relief knives but the profile knives require a lot more
precision.
Thanks,
-Mike
As far as the snipe:
If you've already plane to 3/4 then it wil probably be waste. Someone here
once posted an intriguing website where a guy took some laminated pressboard
12 inches wide and affixed it to his old Delta Planer Infeed/Outfeed table.
With the extra length of this board and the slick laminated surface
(probably
waxed ever so often) he virtually eliminated his snipe problems because the
board provided such great infeed and outfeed support. If anyone remembers
this post I would like to see it again.
"Mike Bittel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am halfway through my first molding process using my Jet Planer and have
a
> few questions. My current run will produce some 2 1/4" Casing out of Red
> Oak. I have the stock sized at 3/4" x 2 3/8" as suggested. My next step
is
> the relief cut and then move on to the actual profile cut.
>
> 1. I have ~ 4" of snipe at the end of each board from the Planing Process.
> Is there any way I can fix this or will this become waste?
>
> 2. The manual mentions that it may be necessary to make several passes
when
> making the profile cut, is this true? I was wondering how the feed
rollers
> would work with less contact surface on second and subsequent passses.
>
> 3. Any tricks on the profile knife installation? I didn't have any
problems
> installing the relief knives but the profile knives require a lot more
> precision.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike
>
>