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  1. 15th June 2005, 09:44 AM #1
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    Hello all,

    I have a 15" thicknesser which I've had for some time. Its a big, heavy monster and has worked OK (with some minor idiosyncracies) for some years. It hasn't had a lot of work but recently has been responsible for some terrible tear-out on soft woods. I've pulled the blades out and, yes, they need sharpening. In the course of doing this (pulling out the blades), I noticed that they weren't correctly aligned. This would explain the movement of short bits of timber as they come out of the planer.

    I'll pay specific attention to aligning them properly when I put the sharpened blades back in. Since there is adjustment on the infeed and outfeed rollers and the table rollers, I'm thinking that maybe these weren't setup properly by the outlet where I bought it from. I don't know if the kickback fingers can be adjusted - haven't noticed anything on that in the manual. I'd like to be able to check that all the above is properly aligned but am not sure where to start.

    I guess with a bit of tweaking, it could be put in a better state than it was when I bought it so any comments would be much appreciated.

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    Keith
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    I recently bought a great book on tuning woodwork machines which has a good section on thicknessers.

    Care and Repair of Shop Machines A Complete Guide to Setup, Troubleshooting and Maintenance. Author John White
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    Issue befor last of australian wood review had an article on tuning thicknessers might be usefull.
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    I've just bought a thicknesser, but haven't yet fired it up, so I can't comment from experience. However, I've been doing so net searcing, and one that I've saved came from here on this bb.

    Major Panic has a web page that may be useful: (Thanks Major!)

    http://www.majorpanic.com/images/woo...hicknesser.htm

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    Looks like I need to do a bit of studying. Bought an old Jeffwood thicknesser a few years back. Sharpenned the blades and put them back, now it snipes like hell. I hate buying tools without manuals, nothing but guess work. I havn't used it for a while cause I bought a combination unit and use it. Need to get the Kenwood going again for some heavy duty hardwood work.
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    Thanks arose,

    majorpanic's site answers all my questions. I can think of a couple of other things a dial gauge would be handy for.

    Thanks also to majorpanic for taking the time and trouble to put this info on his website.

    Cheers,
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    I think it will solve mine as well. Thanks for the link.
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