My updated Workshop for Production Work

[Glenn1]

I finally got around to updating my workshop for processing a wide variety of domestic  boards.  I now have up and running a 30" Whitney planer, a 20" chinese jointer with a Grizzly power feed, and two hydraulic tables.









I've had a Grizzly 3 HP planer and it has done an adequate job but was starting to show the strain that I've put on it.  The 30" Whitney is amazing.  After re-working some of the parts, the segmented infeed rollers allow me to feed three boards thru at the same time.  It's  a real time saver and absolutely no snipe.

The only challenge I have is that my 50 gallon drum for my dust collector fills up fast.  I keep a bunch of extra bags available to  the switch is fairly painless.

[Den Socling]

All you need is your vac kiln. 

[tule peak timber]

Ah, growing pains...you are looking good !  Rob

[YellowHammer]

Looking good!
Where did you get the extra wide power feed rollers?

[xlogger]

Nice Glenn, do you have 3 phase power?

[WDH]

How nice it would be to have a 20" jointer.  Where is the jealous smiley?

[Glenn1]

Looking good!
Where did you get the extra wide power feed rollers?



I read on an earlier post here that someone used Western Roller Corp.  I contacted them and they offer double and triple Roller systems.

[Glenn1]

Nice Glenn, do you have 3 phase power?

Yes, We brought in a 40 hp GE 3 phase motor and ran it to a 3 phase breaker box.  Coming off it is the planer, jointer, 2 hydraulic tables and a hydraulic chop saw that has yet to arrive. The conveyors and chop saw will lead into the jointer so I can cut out any defects before jointing the bottoms of the boards.

[teakwood]

separated infeed roller!!! Nice

My next planer has to have them!! The problem is that just the big professional planers have them, and they are serious money. Even the 20" homeshop planers don't have them

[Glenn1]

Teakwood, I got mine on an auction site (Industrial Recovery Service).   Drove from NC to Erie, PA to pick it up.  The segmented rollers took 220 springs and they were all worn.  It took awhile but I had to replace all of them.