Brendon_t Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 Give us the deets. What is the condition mechanically, cosmetically? Are the blades new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 12 hours ago, Brendon_t said: Give us the deets. What is the condition mechanically, cosmetically? Are the blades new? Last night was the last night of dove season so it is still sitting on my office floor. It was visually clean, the bed has some light scratches as though it was lightly used. I'll be taking it home tonight to run a board or two through it. I'll grab some better pictures of it's condition before I use it so other people will have a reference as to what their reconditioned tools look like. It only came with 2 plastic connections for the dust collection, one looks like it adapts to a shop vac, the other looks like it fans out, but I haven't taken it out yet. I don't think it came with any instructions unless they are with the connectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 OK, I found the instructions, but I still cant figure out what you would use the wide chip ejector connector for. Is there a seldom used wide format dust collector out there or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochese Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 I think maybe what you have is something that will fit over a garbage can. Is it cloth on one end with a bungee? https://www.amazon.com/dewalt-dw7353-collection-accessory-planer/dp/b0000ccxuc?tag=indifash06-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 22 minutes ago, Cochese said: I think maybe what you have is something that will fit over a garbage can. Is it cloth on one end with a bungee? https://www.amazon.com/dewalt-dw7353-collection-accessory-planer/dp/b0000ccxuc?tag=indifash06-20 Because pictures are worth a bunch of words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardA Posted September 16, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 You can always do it the right way! Dark green dust collector! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochese Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 37 minutes ago, xxdabroxx said: Because pictures are worth a bunch of words. Aha, that is just a deflector. Keeps the chips from knocking holes in your wall if you don't have any extraction. I don't believe I got one with mine, but it could be floating around here somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 1 hour ago, RichardA said: You can always do it the right way! Dark green dust collector! Because Eric loves pictures. I have a spot that I am going to let it become ground cover I think. I haven't started working on my landscape yet so it will function as winter mud block. haha. 1 hour ago, Cochese said: Aha, that is just a deflector. Keeps the chips from knocking holes in your wall if you don't have any extraction. I don't believe I got one with mine, but it could be floating around here somewhere. Cool deal, wasn't sure if it was for a bag or what. Maybe I'll give them both a shot, I think Im going to use it outside the shop for now and aim it at my compost pile, what doesn't make it that far is now a garden path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 4 hours ago, xxdabroxx said: , I think Im going to use it outside the shop for now and aim it at my compost pile, what doesn't make it that far is now a garden path. That will add a lot of nitrogen to your compost, just make sure you level it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 9 hours ago, xxdabroxx said: OK, I found the instructions, but I still cant figure out what you would use the wide chip ejector connector for. Is there a seldom used wide format dust collector out there or something? The wide one is for use when you don't have a dust collector and you just want the blower in the planer to spread the chips out...it will make a huge mess but it will keep it from clogging or dropping a big pile in one spot. Mine arrived this afternoon. It has a few cosmetic damages, will ad pictures, but nothing major. Only had time to run a couple boards thru it, and I didn't attach the tables yet, but it's working darn well. Blades seem new to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 2 hours ago, Brendon_t said: That will add a lot of nitrogen to your compost, just make sure you level it out. Isn't saw dust considered a carbon, in composting terms? I thought nitrogen was the green stuff, like grass clippings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Yeah, the original comment is exactly backwards. When composting sawdust, adding nitrogen is recommended in order to deal with the carbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Yes correct. I was mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I took these pictures the day after I got it, but hadn't got around to uploading them. The planer had definitely had some wood run through it at some point, but they were pretty good about cleaning it as I only found one spot with wood dust. After running it it seems that either the first piece of wood I ran through it scored my knives ever so slightly or they put in used knives. I'm thinking I can offset them a bit and get rid of the track marks, a very light sanding would remove the tracks on the wood. The spot on the above photo is dust on the blade, not a large nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 On 9/16/2016 at 9:48 PM, Brendon_t said: That will add a lot of nitrogen to your compost, just make sure you level it out. It's carbon , not nitrogen! Go to infinity tools .com and get their blades, you can get 5 sharpenings from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 7 minutes ago, RichardA said: It's carbon , not nitrogen! Go to infinity tools .com and get their blades, you can get 5 sharpenings from them. I figure I'll use both sides of these up first, they are reversible right? But I do plan on going with them based on your recommendation. Any reason you couldn't sharpen the original ones? Seems like if you did them equally it should work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I was able to get two sharpenings, with the OEM blades, but the second was not very good, they dulled in no time! The Infinity blades are the best you can find, right now. Their Carbon blades are great, but you only get one side andf it cost's a first born! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 On 9/17/2016 at 8:20 AM, Brendon_t said: Yes correct. I was mistaken. 48 minutes ago, RichardA said: It's a Carbon, not nitrogen! Yeah, we covered that. It was my once a month being wrong haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 4 minutes ago, Brendon_t said: Yeah, we covered that. It was my once a month being wrong haha. What is this "wrong" you speak of? That word is not in my vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 11 minutes ago, xxdabroxx said: What is this "wrong" you speak of? That word is not in my vocabulary. That's why I said mistaken. I am not sure I've every actually been wrong. I'm often mistaken though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I was wrong once. It was when I thought I was wrong, but I was really right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 12 hours ago, Brendon_t said: That's why I said mistaken. I am not sure I've every actually been wrong. I'm often mistaken though. To much carbon in your diet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 UPDATE: Over the weekend I decided it was time to make an end grain cutting board. (No I didn't run end grain through it and blow it up haha) So I cut my strips to length, glued them up and then ran them through the planer. After cutting to thickness and stacking them together I found that one end of my about 20" cutting board was about 5/8" shorter than the opposite side. The planer was out of alignment left to right. I googled around and couldn't find an adjustment for this anywhere. Took the top cover off and had a look inside, looks like the bearings for the cutterhead are set in a casting so no adjustment. Flipped it over and noticed that the threaded risers were bolted to the base with an socket screw. Loosened up the left side, rotated about an 8th of a turn and tightened back down. I've got it a lot closer now, but I still need to revisit it with a set of calipers to get it dialed just right. Also need to come up with a way to make sure front to back is equal. Overall it was out about 3/64th across an 8" board. I think I know why this one was sent back in the first place now. Overall, I think this was easier than trying to send it back for repair though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 10 minutes ago, xxdabroxx said: Loosened up the left side, rotated about an 8th of a turn and tightened back down. Now that you know what to do it should be easy enough to dial in with a little patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdabroxx Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Yup. just need to take the time to mess with it. Maybe I'll make it a cart this week and tune it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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