grooved ends when planing..

I’m not familiar with your machine but I believe that the problem you are referring to is called SNIPE. One surefire contributor to snipe is an outfeed table that is out of adjustment. To check this, you could open your machine to the maximum (unplugged of course) and use a level or other straight edge to verify that the lower rollers in the machine (or the slide deck if no rollers) and the infeed and outfeed tables are sharing the same line and do not sag under the weight of the outcoming board. There’s a better than even chance that a small adjustment here could eliminate your problem.

Ed

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Yup, that’s snipe. It is caused by a few things, but generally can be fixed with outfeed support of the board. a little sag when it comes off the front roller causes the end of the board to blip up into the cutter. Also, if your blades are a little taller than the original set, the events that cause snipe are even more magnified. Check the height of the blades with a good caliper. You may have to adjust the gibbs that hold the blade to compensate. I’d try the outfeed support first though.

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You could also push another sacrificial scrap through on a sled behing the board you are plaining. It is a work around but helps me when in a hurry…

Drew

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Thanks, i did have to adjust the gibbs when i first installed the new blades but i do think the out feed is out of adjustment, which is causing the problem..

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