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   notDusty | Aug 04, 2005 09:20pm | #1

              MSTEHELIN ,

                                  Will the breaker trip with smaller bites as well ? With out knowing how big a bite you are taking , it is hard to say , but that may be the limit of the power you have .

                                   good    luck             dusty

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   user-343246 | Aug 04, 2005 09:44pm | #2

   Are you using an extension cord?  If so, make sure you get one which is 12 gage.  Try to run the jointer and dust collector or lights off of different circuits.  That's why I run extension cords all over my basement - to avoid rewiring!  Of course, wiring your machine for 220v will probably give you better results than more rpms.

    

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   Dalewood | Aug 04, 2005 10:16pm | #3

   Mitt, 

   I am sure that you have already thought about this, but a couple things may solve your problem. 1. Be sure your knives are sharp. The load(amperage) on your motor is in direct proportion to the force it takes to run the wood across the jointer. For example: dull knives require more force to push wood across therefore slowing the motor rpm down and increasing amperage. This can cause your breaker to trip. 2. The feed rate can also affect amperage and trip your breaker. You  may try and feed the wood a bit slower and this may aid in preventing tripping. As far as changing pulleys, you can do that but if you are not careful you will change the torque of your machine and not be any better off. Hope this helps a little.     Dale

    

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   mike4244 | Aug 05, 2005 01:29am | #4

   If the stock is no where near straight, saw the stock straight, then a pass on the joiner.You may be asking too much of your joiner.

   mike

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   HouseOfY | Aug 05, 2005 01:35am | #5

   It does not sound like you have a wimpy jointer.. 1HP will cut almost anything if you are not peeling too much off, and you have sharp blades. Do you have it plugged into a surge protector? Did you check the draw on that line? If that power line (breaker) supplies power to anything else, it may be too much draw for it.  If you are working in your garage.. does the same power line run an air conditioner? or anything in another room?

    

   ~Rob

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   HouseOfY | Aug 05, 2005 05:38am | #7

   Oh Yea.. John hit that one right on the nose.. The claims of horse power...

    

    

   Have you ever looked at a Craftsman tool.. like a table saw..

    

   Tabls saw that develops 3HP   develops.. that means you have 3 hp with no load on it.. I don;t know how the others rate their tools, but if it says 'develops' I move on to the next tool...

    

   ~Rob

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   JohnWW | Aug 05, 2005 04:12am | #6

   Replacing the pulley to increase the RPM's will, if anything, make the machine more prone to bogging down. 

   I'll second the suggestions already made:

   1.  Make sure the knives are sharp, especially when working with tropical woods which can dull knives amazingly fast.

   2.  If you have an Asian import machine, the claim of the motor being a full horsepower may be a bit "optimistic" on the maker's part.  With an honest 1 horse motor you should be able to take a reasonably deep cut with sharp blades, "reasonable" being around a sixteenth of an inch on many woods but not on something as dense as ipe.

   3.  The problems you are describing are the classic symptoms of a motor struggling because of a voltage drop created by too long runs of undersized wiring.  Once the motor and the breaker have gotten overheated and the breaker has popped, the motor and breaker really need to be given an hour or two to cool off or their performance will just continue to deteriorate and the motor can be permanently damaged, which may have happened already.

   John W.

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   mudman | Aug 05, 2005 05:45pm | #8

   "Hogging off" is not the job for a jointer. Band saw, table saw or a large planer can do this. I assume you are talking about face jointing. This can bog down a jointer, increasing the speed will make the problem worse, if the motor can't handle the current RPM it certaintly won't handle more. I agree with other posters that you either have voltage drop issues (inadequite wireing) or you are trying to take WAY too much off. I never take off more than 1/16". generally less.

   Mike

   please excuse my spelling.
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   MStehelin | Aug 06, 2005 12:23am | #9

   Thank you all for your input.
   I'll try sharper knives and less of a cut.