Wadkin feed rollers etc

[john redmond]

Hi all, first of all sorry for yet another topic on the planer front! So I recently purchased a Wadkin Tradesmen planer thicknesser. I have up and running and all is good bar one or two small issues which I need a bit of advice on. The main issue is that the machine is not drawing the workpiece into the thicknesser properly. It isn't far off being right but it needs some attention to get it running smoothly. I understand that a number of things contribute to this but I am unsure what order in which to eliminate them from the list! 

I am presuming that cleaning and waxing the thicknesser bed is probably the best place to start but from looking at the machine it could also be and issue with, the setting of the knives( only 0.5mm off across the 310 block though), the rubbers on the feed rollers, the springs that ensure downward pressure of the feed rollers on the piece or maybe some issue with chain tension etc on the drive chain.

 

Any advice or experiences you have would be greatly appreciated, even in relation to degreasers, waxes etc. I know it's only something small but you learn a lot on your first rodeo!

 

 

[Watercourse management]

Been through this with my machine when it wouldn’t feed, first thing I would do is clean and polish the thicknesser bed before playing with anything else.

[Woodworks]

Yes clean that rust off and get some lube on the table. Found this stuff great and it wont affect glue joints like some lubes do 

 

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[john redmond]

Thanks lads, much appreciated.