Wagner Safe-T-Planer/Tom Driscoll

[Carl Meyer]

You guys scared me.  I too use the Wagner planer.  I set my drill press at
highest speed (3600 rpm).  Just dug out the original paper work.  Operating
speed 3000 to 6000 rpm.  You've missed a zero as I had suspected.  Or maybe
they did.

For years I've wanted to build a simplified version of Ed Solenbergers key
cutter.  Some day.  The feature I like is it will adjust so that more will
be cut off at the tail than the head to compensate for the different
thickness.  I'll take some pictures soon  of my set up and my jig for
cutting the fronts.

Cheers!

Carl Meyer Ptg assoc
Santa Clara, Ca.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Wagner Safe-T-Planer/Tom Driscoll


> Tom,
> You asked: "Although against my basic instincts I checked the directions
> that came with the Wagner Planer and they advise the Max. safe speed to
> be 600 RPM. I was operating @ 800 rpm with no problem . You recomended
> 1200 RPM for a keystick.  My little drill press doubles to 1600 RPM  at
> the next pulley setting ,so W.W.J.D.? (What would Joe do?)
> Thanks,
> Tom Driscoll
>
> To answer your question: My drill press's lowest speed is 700, the next up
> is 1200. I've found that the 700rpm is ok, sometimes. However, when I've
got
> a "cranky" set of keys, I've found that if I go to the next speed up, I
get
> less "tear-out" and a smoother finish. Because we are allowing the cutters
> to cool in between keys cut, I think the upper speed is ok. Just my take
on
> it. To reiterate, though, the prime requisite is to make sure the cutter
is
> "square" with the table/jig.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
>
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