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Just wondering if all the mentioned planer issues were present before the helical cutterhead replacement? I'm assuming they were present somewhat before the cutter head was replaced with a helical head. I honestly didn't notice much of a discrepancy as my skills were not where they are today when I...

Re "greater to lesser". This is to remove backlash in the post threads. Greater to lesser means adjust to table from lower to higher thus maintaining the close contact of the threads. Your chain/post adjustment should remove the side to side taper. However those adjustment also need to be...

For the table creeping down, I take that to mean that too deep of a cut is being attempted and the extra pressure is causing the table to self-lower. The solution of going from greater to lesser is not worded very well, and yes, that is the correct way to plane. Mine is manual feed, so it is hard f...

The Trouble Shooting portion of the Planer Owner's Manual says if your boards are tapered side to side, then the Pressure Rollers may need to be adjusted. From what you have already done, it sounds like you have the Owner's Manual, but if not, there is one available on Everett Davis' My Google Driv...

What were you adjusting when leveling the pro planer table?(chain/sprockets?) What were you using as a reference? (cutter head/connecting rod?) As per the manual I loosened the table and barrel nut setscrews, removed the chain and then put my 1-2-3 block under the tie bars at each corner. Adjusting...

Hello Everyone, This past year I upgraded the cutter head in my pro planer from the standard 3 knife head to the Sheartak helical cutterhead (I highly recommend it!). I was happy to not have to deal with fiddling with knife changes, sharpening and the like anymore. I did notice when edge gluing pane...

Hey everyone,

As mentioned above, I went back and used the dial indicator the proper way after watching Nick's video again. Everything went perfect and the problem is solved!

Thanks for your help!

It would seem the knives are cutting 1/4" before the rollers catch, which I assume is why the scale is so off. On watching Nick's video again, I think I've found where I've messed up. Nick sets the dial indicator to 0.0068" on the cutter head BEFORE the knife. Then, he proceeds to rotate t...

Hello Everyone, Finally got around to replacing my very worn Shopsmith pro planer knives with a new set. I've never done this before. Having inherited all of my grandfather's shopsmith tools, I cant seem to find the knife setting guide that comes with these planers. I watched the video of Nick Engle...

Hey Everyone, I just picked up a used 510 locally here in Manitoba. Reason I bought it was to upgrade the tables etc, on my Grandfather's perfect model 500.The 510 is rusty though, so I've begun to clean up parts with evapo-rust. Some of the rusty parts do not appear to have been painted. For exampl...