10'' Auto Planer Beer Trade

[35k0]

This old Central Machinery / Harbor Freight portable planer popped up locally and the price was "make me an offer".
I sent messaged him asking how well it worked and that I had no idea how much as I could not find any info on it.
He said it worked very well, but each of the knives had nicks and needed replacing.
He said he would take a case of Mich Golden Light for the planer.
I have a large pile of rough cut pine from when we cut our 1/4 mile driveway in 2017 that I want to plane, so I made the swap.
I ran a 2x6 through to see how it ran and it pulled the wood through nicely and worked great, aside from the blade nicks leaving a groove down the board.
I searched online for blades, didn't find much, then hit ebay and found a brand new set in the box for $30.
New blades arrive today.

not the finest machine, but I can prep the lumber for our sauna build.

 

[Cleave]

Great trade. Nothing like a power planer for processing lumber in bulk.

 

[Lassen Forge]

30 bucks and a case of beer? I would say you did better than average!

 

[35k0]

Great trade. Nothing like a power planer for processing lumber in bulk.

30 bucks and a case of beer? I would say you did better than average!

Thanks guys!

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Maybe not a great finish on the boards, but certainly good enough for thicknessing rough cut lumber. Well worth a case of beer.

 

[RTM]

Leave the nicked blades in for now. Put the good ones in on your final pass. If home cut lumber, probably lots of knots, will Nick them up again.


Also, you may want some dust collection to prevent the chips from fouling the cut surface.

 

[35k0]

Leave the nicked blades in for now. Put the good ones in on your final pass. If home cut lumber, probably lots of knots, will Nick them up again.


Also, you may want some dust collection to prevent the chips from fouling the cut surface.

Thanks for the ideas!

 

[RTM]

Just realized you don't have locator slots in your blades. Might be able to slide them offset left and right, and then have one blade eliminate the nick from the other.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Just realized you don't have locator slots in your blades. Might be able to slide them offset left and right, and then have one blade eliminate the nick from the other.

Even with locator slots there is usually enough slop to move them 1/32 each way ... takes care of most nicks.

 

[35k0]

Just realized you don't have locator slots in your blades. Might be able to slide them offset left and right, and then have one blade eliminate the nick from the other.

Thanks, they almost look like he hit a nail on the kiss lemony he blades to be honest.

 

[Shiftless]

Used planers often come with nicked blades. Mine did too. I usually sand the boards after planing anyway so a tiny imperfection isn’t a big deal. Someday I might buy new blades for my DW 734.

 

[35k0]

Used planers often come with nicked blades. Mine did too. I usually sand the boards after planing anyway so a tiny imperfection isn’t a big deal. Someday I might buy new blades for my DW 734.

Thanks! I’ll give it a try.

 

[RTM]

Thanks, they almost look like he hit a nail on the kiss lemony he blades to be honest.

I hit a knot on a cedar board The first day I was using mine that knicked both blades. Knots are really hard compared to regular lumber.