The infeed rollers on my Makita Planer Jointer have turned to mush.
They are soft and sticky and must be replaced. To buy new replacements
costs about $400 which is just too much so I am looking from
alternatives. I have a couple of ideas:
1) True up the existing rollers and glue some kind of rubber material
around rollers. This will isolate the planed wood from the sticky
residue on the old rollers and provide a friction surface for advancing
the material. Any ideas on what material to use or if this will even
work.
2) Many years ago I built a thickness sander and built my own feed
rollers by slipping rubber tubing over the roller shaft. I continued
to slip larger pieces of hose over the previous hose until it was the
diameter I wanted (If I remember it only took two sizes). Any comments
on this idea, it seemed to work fine before.
Anybody else with an idea?
Dangerous Dave wrote:
> Anybody else with an idea?
Take it to the bloke who fixes rubber rollers. Round here there's a
guy who knows what sort of rubber composition to pour onto them, and
who has a lathe with a toolpost belt sander to tru them afterwards.
If you're in the outback, then Bentley Chemicals (UK at least) sell the
Smooth-on silicones that will fix most things. You can lash up the belt
sander jig yourself.
Dangerous Dave wrote:
> The infeed rollers on my Makita Planer Jointer have turned to mush.
> They are soft and sticky and must be replaced. To buy new replacements
> costs about $400 which is just too much so I am looking from
> alternatives. I have a couple of ideas:
> 1) True up the existing rollers and glue some kind of rubber material
> around rollers. This will isolate the planed wood from the sticky
> residue on the old rollers and provide a friction surface for advancing
> the material. Any ideas on what material to use or if this will even
> work.
> 2) Many years ago I built a thickness sander and built my own feed
> rollers by slipping rubber tubing over the roller shaft. I continued
> to slip larger pieces of hose over the previous hose until it was the
> diameter I wanted (If I remember it only took two sizes). Any comments
> on this idea, it seemed to work fine before.
> Anybody else with an idea?
Dave,
It seems these Makita rollers just die after a while. I replaced my
rollers with new Makita replacements about 10 years ago for about $400.
Then, just a few years ago, someone posted this information here. I
went back and found it. Hope it helps.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_frm/thread/4dd38c465a50c121/fc76f073d2e2af2e?lnk=gst&q=makita+rollers&rnum=7&hl=en#fc76f073d2e2af2e
DonkeyHody
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