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   hammer1 | Nov 26, 2005 03:05am | #1

   Either the vacuum is not strong enough, has too small a hose or the dust chute is clogged. Shavings from softwood like pine are pretty stringy and will clog up a small orifice quickly.

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   dannyboy | Nov 26, 2005 03:36am | #2

   thanks, i'll check it out. dan

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   cherryjohn | Nov 28, 2005 06:29am | #8

   jumpin' you always get to the bottom of the problem so quickly!   You must  be a truly gifted wood worker!!

    Wicked Decent Woodworks

   (oldest woodworking shop in NH)

   Rochester NH

   " If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"

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   hammer1 | Nov 28, 2005 03:24pm | #10

   Funny, John. You know I'm a hack! Too bad we couldn't make a living playing nine ball.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   cherryjohn | Nov 28, 2005 06:31am | #9

   I let my shavings go on the floor and use them to start a wood fire in my shop............works great as fire tinderWicked Decent Woodworks

   (oldest woodworking shop in NH)

   Rochester NH

   " If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"

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   forestgirl | Nov 26, 2005 04:13am | #3

   Probably something clogged up.  What size vac are you using?  The jointer (6" size anyway) seems to be the one machine that a vacuum works pretty well with.  I had mine hooked up to a 16GAL old Craftsman indoor/outdoor vac, 2.5" hose I think? and it worked great.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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   Edited 11/26/2005 1:18 pm by forestgirl

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   dannyboy | Nov 26, 2005 09:13pm | #6

   THANKS FORESTGIRL. DAN

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   JeffHeath | Nov 26, 2005 04:52pm | #4

   Dannyboy

   I have a 12" jointer, with a 1450 cfm dust collector hooked to it, and I still get some shavings blown back.  Unless you hook a 747 to it, I doubt you'll get all the shavings, I never have.  Now, if there are a lot of shavings, then you might be clogged.

   Jeff

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   dannyboy | Nov 26, 2005 09:08pm | #5

   THANKS JEFF, NICE TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. DAN

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   WillGeorge | Nov 27, 2005 07:01pm | #7

   I'd think it it NORMAL.. Well at least with the most EXPENSIVE wood ya have.. Sort of like LIFE!

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   derekb | Nov 28, 2005 06:21pm | #11

   I had this happen when I was planning some spruce.  I was using a Dewalt 12 1/2" thicknesser, and the shavings were very long and stringy.  What I ended up doing is cutting off those little grates that "block the inlet on the dust collector.  Everything is dandy now.  

    

   Derek

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   WillGeorge | Nov 29, 2005 01:18pm | #12

   "block the inlet on the dust collector..That is to keep little hands out of there! Sorry, I had to..

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   derekb | Nov 29, 2005 05:22pm | #13

   That is alright,

   It works better nonetheless.

    

   Derek

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   willy | Nov 30, 2005 02:39am | #14

   I have the same jointer but no vacuum system.  My last project using pine and spruce it plugged up and started blowing back as your system.  I shut the system down, unplugged the motor and reached in the shute and cleaned it out.  Problem solved.  Never had that problem with hardwood.