powermatic planner problem

tomkat001 · May 21, 2009, 02:24:51 PM

I have owned my 15" power matic planner for a few years but have never been happy with the job the rolls do pulling the board thru. I have set and re set all of the adjustments but can not make it do a good job of feeding. Any ideas?

Dan_Shade · May 21, 2009, 05:30:31 PM

does it have rollers in the table?

how high are they above the table?

tomkat001 · May 21, 2009, 05:58:00 PM

It does not have rollers in the table, the table is a flat piece of cast iron, I have tried cleaning and polishing the bed,it might have helped a little but still wont feed thru very well.

WDH · May 21, 2009, 06:06:24 PM

That is an expensive planer to have that type of problem. Have your talked with Powermatic about it?

thedeeredude · May 21, 2009, 07:49:09 PM

I use paste wax on the tables. I couldn't believe the difference it made pulling boards through. It works great. I thought the planer wasn't working right, but paste wax and keeping sharp knives in makes all the difference.

pineywoods · May 21, 2009, 09:32:29 PM

I had the same problem with my woodmaster until I got the optional plastic bed overlay. Just a sheet of super-slick plastic that covers the infeed, outfeed and planer table. I think the stuff is called HDPE, slickern snot.