Trouble-Shooting: Performance Problems - Powermatic 15S Owner's Manual

TROUBLE-SHOOTING: Performance Problems (15S Planer)
PROBLEM
Snipe.
(NOTE: Snipe can be
minimized but not
eliminated)
Fuzzy Grain
Torn Grain
Rough/Raised Grain
Rounded, glossy
surface
Poor feeding of lumber. 1. Indequate feed roller pressure.
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POSSIBLE CAUSE
1. Table rollers not set properly.
2. Inadequate support of long boards.
3. Uneven feed roller pressure front to back.
4. Dull knives.
5. Lumber not butted properly.
1. Planing wood with high moisture content.
2. Dull knives.
1. Too heavy a cut.
2. Knives cutting against grain.
3. Dull knives.
1. Dull knives.
2. Too heavy a cut.
3. Moisture content too high.
1. Dull knives.
2. Feed speed too slow.
3. Cutting depth too shallow.
2. Planer bed rough or dirty.
3. V-belt is slipping.
4. Surface of feed roller clogged.
SOLUTION
1. Adjust rollers to proper height.
2. Support long boards with
extension rollers.
3. Adjust feed roller tension.
4. Sharpen knives.
5. Butt end to end each piece of
stock as they pass through.
1. Remove high moisture content
from wood by drying.
2. Sharpen or replace.
1. Adjust proper depth of cut.
2. Cut along the grain.
3. Sharpen knives.
1. Sharpen knives.
2. Adjust proper depth.
3. Remove high moisture content
from wood by drying.
1. Sharpen or replace knives.
2. Increase speed.
3. Increase depth.
1. Adjust feed roller tension. If
proper tension cannot be
achieved, replace feed rollers.
2. Clean pitch and residue, and wax
planer table.
3. Tighten v-belt.
4. Clear pitch and residue out of
teeth.