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Alien Head Planer

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I am in the process of restoring a craftsman alien head planer. I couldn't find any info on setting the blades for it. Anyone have any experience in this?
 
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That is the one I have. Mine is still in pieces being painted, so I haven't dug too deep on the blade depth. If I don't find anything, I will plan a piece on my dewalt and the run it through the alien head planer while it is off just to see where it is hitting.
 
#9 · (Edited by Moderator)
Mine are same direction and material can only be fed into the machine from right to left. I don't really think opposite directions would function at all (?)

There is a small (1" x 1", approximately) piece of bent metal that is above and in the center of each bar that pushes it down to the the stock being worked, so it does it's job holding work down / preventing kick-out. I used a piece of banding, from a stack of lumber (for example) as a replacement for a missing "spring". That stuff is what I referred to re: spring steel. It flexes but doesn't really want to bend, making it perfect for this application.

Maybe larger (wider?) stock of the same thing could be cut to serve as a replacement bar? I don't know. But I would say that both are needed to safely use the machine.
 
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