This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C405B8.A903B3D0 I have a Dewald 12-1/2-inch electric planer. I use it quite a bit. I can = plane Sitka Spruce all day with it. I can plane narrow-ish hardwood = boards all day with it. But, I have been making a number of pinblocks = lately and find that when I run wide hard maple boards through the = planer numerous times, it seems to take its toll. I suspect I am simply = reaching the limits of durability with such a tool. The blades are what seem to go first. I have enough power (unless of = course the slower rotation when stressed contributes to poor = performance). The unit is wide enough for most of my needs. But the = knives get dull quickly. It takes a long time to sharpen them (I spent = four hours removing, sharpening, reinstalling and adjusting them = yesterday). Yesterday I noticed that one edge was cutting deeper than = the rest of the width. I found that one of the knives had bent at one = end. It seems that running wood through the planer with the grain parallel to = the knives is hardest on the planer. Are there any wisdom-type rules for = such grain when planing with an electric planer? I think this planer is just not heavy-duty enough for running lots of = wide hardwood through it. Do bigger planers have thicker, more = heavy-duty, knives? Are knives of higher-quality metals available = -harder (like for hand planes)? Anyone have a recommendation for a = bigger planer? How do others handle planer knife sharpening (I am = sharpening mine on my Tormek unit)? Oh, and here is a picture of my latest pinblock. Quarter-sawn hard-maple = epoxy-bonded with a Delignit cap. Operators are standing by...... Terry Farrell ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C405B8.A903B3D0 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/63/dc/84/79/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C405B8.A903B3D0-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 50914 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cf/f3/84/9a/attachment.jpe ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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