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Are you sure it is the power supply? I had a similar experience and in my case the motor was defective. I took it to a local motor rebuilder and he found the field coils had separated from the motor housing. He reglued them and it now works like a champ. If you decide to take the motor apart, be sur...

I got my back ordered infeed roller for my planer yesterday. It had been on order since the first of May. Yay!!!!!

Bill can correct me on this but the serrated roller should be mounted on the infeed. I have had one on back order since the first of May and they still don't have a forecast of when I may get one. Probably one of the first things you want to do is replace the drive belt. If it has been sitting idle ...

Thanks, Chief.

In a previous thread, I mentioned that I had purchased a restorable planer. It had evidently been dropped on the table so hard that it bent the adjusting screws. I have purchased new screws and the owners manual and am now awaiting a replacement infeed roller. In the meantime, I have been busily cle...

I used the electrolysis method several years ago on some old tools and would like to use it in this case. However, I am a little concerned about using it in a couple of places. The worst rust is on the tie bars. Since they have bushings (bronze?) installed, I am uncertain about the effect on them. T...

Thanks Rob, that helped a lot. I managed to get the cutter head off following your suggestions. I now have the planer disassembled and found that all 4 thickness adjustment screws are bent. The machine must have fallen onto the table at some time. Additionally, the feed motor was damaged. One of the...

New poster here. I picked up a M5990 planer on a stand at a garage sale. I don't think it has been used very much since the feed rollers still have the sprues intact from the casting. The table is very hard to adjust and the whole machine showed quite a bit of rust. I believe it must have been dropp...