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by ranchr
Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:55 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help
Replies: 6
Views: 4395

Re: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help

One more followup. I just proceeded carefully and adjusted the posts without figuring out the setscrew instructions. I think my table must be an older type. I don't even know what material it is, but my guess is that it is an aluminum sheet over cast aluminum? Anyway, I got the table height to withi...
by ranchr
Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:45 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help
Replies: 6
Views: 4395

Re: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help

Thanks for the reply. I would like to synchronize it, but I'm at sort of a loss as to how to go about it. The instructions call for loosening set screws on the underside of the table and setscrews holding the barrel nuts, and I don't see either. Here's a picture from the underside, the orange circle...
by ranchr
Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:26 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help
Replies: 6
Views: 4395

Re: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help

Trying to add a picture showing uneven planing once I had made the crosscuts and turned the pieces for endgrain. It was too big so I had to reduce the size.
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by ranchr
Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:20 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help
Replies: 6
Views: 4395

Planer Uneven Planing / Synchronization Help

Sorry that my first post to the forums is a maintenance question, hopefully I will now get around to contributing to the other topics now that I've created an account. I picked up an older shopsmith planer off craigslist, took some time to clean it up, perform maintenance per the academy videos, and...