Thread: Newbie planer question

G'day Hansey
I think they call the little step down/up, snipe.
I think it all comes down to planer table top set up.
I've adjusted mine so there is no snipe, you have to ajust to table tops to be pararell to each other.
Get a long straight edge to do the job, and adjust the tops so they are in one line to each other, ie, flat, not bent under they straight edge.
If it a thicknesser, then you may have to adjust the table rollers that the timber rides on, maybe take them down a tad.
Cheers, Bruce.

I think it is called snipe or something like that. It sometimes happens when the board enters and exits. It all has to do with the feed rollers. I think that this happens on most machines and many people work out how much snipe that their machine gives and allow an extra xmm on the end of each board and just cut the affected area off. Thats all I know ... I read it in a mag the other day on the plane

The snipe you are getting is because when you get to the end of your piece the weight of the timber pushes it more into the cutterhead. You can either support the timber being planed adequately with outfeed tables or cut your timber oversize, plane it to size and then make your final cuts.

Also check the alignment of the infeed and outfeed rollers of your planer and an extension table for your planer may help.


Regards


Peter.

Bloody hell Bruce .... I didn't know you were so quick on the keys

Originally posted by Sir Stinkalot
Bloody hell Bruce .... I didn't know you were so quick on the keys

My thoughts exactly.


Peter

Ha Ha
Beat Stinky
Cheers, Flash

WOW ... in the hour since the original post .... 3 serious replies and 4 not so serious .... must be a new record for the board

Hansey...good shot, Bruce
Snipe eh? sounds nasty enough.
Looks like I wasn't clear enough in my original post. At the moment I'm working on small pieces of wood (until I get the hang of things) basically secure the wood in a vice or whatever and then use the planer in a hand-held method. Probably not the ideal way to go about things.
Thanks to all for the suggestions (ozwinner, you've lost me, but I'll get there) sounds like I've been going about it -about-face...will try some of these ideas and see how it goes.
Cheers, Steve

Just a quick addition....

everybody has gone on about a 'table' type planer. If this is the case - take all the above very good advice and don't read on!!!

Maybe it is my newbie-ness, but could it be our esteemed afrikaaner is using the type of plane which one moves over the timber rather than the timber over the plane?

Well in the highly unlikely event I might know what I'm talking about....

Using an electic hand plane one needs to lean backl on the tool when nearing the edge of the stock so as to negate any possiblity of the blades dropping into the workpiece causing our lovely little snipe to rear his head.


PS. Maybe the Springboks need to change their name to Phoenix's so they can rise from the flames of this years efforts

Originally posted by Sigidi
Just a quick addition....

everybody has gone on about a 'table' type planer. If this is the case - take all the above very good advice and don't read on!!!

Maybe it is my newbie-ness, but could it be our esteemed afrikaaner is using the type of plane which one moves over the timber rather than the timber over the plane?

Well in the highly unlikely event I might know what I'm talking about....

Using an electic hand plane one needs to lean backl on the tool when nearing the edge of the stock so as to negate any possiblity of the blades dropping into the workpiece causing our lovely little snipe to rear his head.


PS. Maybe the Springboks need to change their name to Phoenix's so they can rise from the flames of this years efforts

Spot on mate. Must be a newbie thing.
Latest news on the Sprinboks, Dr. Uli Schmidt has resigned as team doctor....he reckons they need a gynaecologist

Steve sounds like you've got an electric hand plane.

depth adjustment knob at front, longitudinal positioned rear handle?

If that's the case as mentioned, at the start of the cut place the majority of pressure on the front plate of the plane;
as you progress through the cut transfer the weight to the full length of the base;
as the cut is coming to the end transfer weight to the back plate of the plane.

A bit difficult to do on smaller pieces - you'll find on small pieces you will bite off chunks like a great white circling Durban.

Yep thats the correct answer ..... When I hear Dewalt and planer I think of the bench mounted unit that you feed the timber through ... a thicknesser. The electric handplane appears to be what the original poster was speaking of.

A very easy way to see what is happening is to crank your planer up to the maximum depth cut .... lay it on its side and look at the different levels of the infeed plate and the outfeed plate. You will notice that as the front plate leaves the end of the timber and will have a tendency to drop. Solution try and keep the level of the plane level at all times or take shallower cuts to reduce its effect.

Stinky. (Almost ready to leave work

"Using the type of plane which one moves over the timber rather than the timber over the plane? "
What a quaint idea.
Seriously I too thought our friend was using a thicknesser.


Peter.