Surfer 21 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hi everyone, i recently bought an old Makita 1100 power planer. I have been testing it out and i quickly noticed a problem: it is not planing straight. I realligned the blades twice but with no different results. it is really crooked. After a couple of passes the right side took off almost 3 mm more then the left. Does anybody have the solution or the same problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 I don't have such a planer, but images on the interwebs show what appears to be an adjustment mechanism to tilt the cutter head. Have you tried that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 The level orientation of these types of planers is controlled by the operator much as a hand plane is. Does it have any sort of perpendicular reference fence attachment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer 21 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 thanks for the reply’s, i have the fence attachment but it makes no difference. I have not tried the cutter head tilt mechanisme, so that will be my next step. I would really like to see how i can adjust it though, could you send the page where you found the information on adjusting? I searched but could not find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 @Surfer 21, I may be mistaken about the adjustment. I only saw what appears to be an adjuster on one in an image from eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer 21 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 that explains, i might just sell the plainer again. I got it for a good price, then i can buy a decent table top planer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 12:48 AM, Surfer 21 said: that explains, i might just sell the plainer again. I got it for a good price, then i can buy a decent table top planer. If you are trying to do thickness planer operations a lunchbox planer will serve you better. If you are trying to do edge jointing operations you hand held planer may work but, never as easily as a jointer. It's one of those right tool for the job things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer 21 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Thanks for clarifying, i will do a bit of research and decide. Thanks to all of you for helping me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 To comment on @gee-dub's comment, a handheld power planer CAN be better than a thickness planer or a jointer, when dealing with large, heavy stock. Unless you have really giant machines, it is easy to hit a size point where taking the tool to the work makes more sense than taking to work to the tool. I have attempted stupid moves like this: Because the work piece was too large / awkward for the machine at hand. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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