Makita planer – roller collecting chips
suzycarpenter
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I have a now vintage Makita jointer/planer combo, bought new decades ago, and it’s been a work horse for me. I had the rollers re-surfaced maybe 12-15 years ago, and it cuts like a champ. Except — I’m doing a job with clear white pine, and the rollers are picking up the chips, which stick to them, making “divots” in the surface of the board. I need to stop every 2 passes to try to clear the rollers of chips. Clearly, this isn’t sustainable. Any thoughts? Do the rollers need to be resurfaced again? Is it heat/humidity? Is there something I could coat them with to reduce the problem? Thanks in advance.
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The problem is not with your rollers, it’s about removing chips before they get trapped under the outfeed roller. It’s a common thing about pine and I ended up sanding the divots away.
I have a vacuum system retrofitted to the planer that typically does a good job. What would you recommend to help remove enough chips to make this not a problem? I haven't tried any other species since this happened -- I think you're suggesting it may be fine with hardwoods? Fingers crossed. Thanks for the reply. I actually steamed most of them out after my final pass, but it's still evident. I should note that just last year I made two bookcases from white pine with no issues from the planer, so something seems to have changed.
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