This may have already been mentioned before, but thought I would let others
know! First of all let me say my planer is about 5 years old, but has had
very little use, I just got back into woodworking and needed to plane some
boards for a friend. I had repacked my planer in its original box took it
out and looked it over and started using it. noticed that the hand crank
seemed a little tight. I put a few drops of lube on it inspected it to make
sure something had not gotten lodged in the lead screws. The more I used it
the tighter it became. So this weekend I decided to tear it down and get to
the bottom of the problem. Here is what I found, one of the screws holding
the locking mech. on one of the post was gone, the sprocket at the other end
of the hand crank, the set screws were loose, so what had happened was the
head was tilted and binding on the columns. Tightened everything up replaced
missing screw and it works like it did when it was new. Also adjusted the in
and outfeed tables with just a tiny bit of rise at each end, and there is
absolutely no snipe. Hope this helps!!!
Todd Pierce
Todd,
About a year ago I made a post here telling of the very same thing - and
sent it to DeWalt informing them of the noted safety defect. They never
responded or acknowledged my email. The fix was as you've noted but add
some locktite (blue) to insure it doesn't happen again.
Bob S.
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> This may have already been mentioned before, but thought I would let
others
> know! First of all let me say my planer is about 5 years old, but has had
> very little use, I just got back into woodworking and needed to plane some
> boards for a friend. I had repacked my planer in its original box took it
> out and looked it over and started using it. noticed that the hand crank
> seemed a little tight. I put a few drops of lube on it inspected it to
make
> sure something had not gotten lodged in the lead screws. The more I used
it
> the tighter it became. So this weekend I decided to tear it down and get
to
> the bottom of the problem. Here is what I found, one of the screws holding
> the locking mech. on one of the post was gone, the sprocket at the other
end
> of the hand crank, the set screws were loose, so what had happened was the
> head was tilted and binding on the columns. Tightened everything up
replaced
> missing screw and it works like it did when it was new. Also adjusted the
in
> and outfeed tables with just a tiny bit of rise at each end, and there is
> absolutely no snipe. Hope this helps!!!
>
> Todd Pierce
>
>