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Another Solution to a Planer Problem

Check for Chips in the Gap Under the Bearings for Your Feed Rollers

In the "Q & A" column in the February 2003 issue (#132), Tim Dewberry had problems with lumber not feeding through his portable thickness planer.

I had a similar problem with my planer recently. While I was planing VS" off of some pine, I noticed that the infeed roller was rising more than the outfeed roller. A large amount of moist chips had collected between the roller bearing block and its stop. The chips that collected in this gap prevented the spring from pushing the roller down against the lumber.

To fix the problem, I simply propped up one end of the infeed roller with a 5"-long block of wood and lowered the head just enough to keep the roller in place. I removed the roller's stop block and cleaned out the chips. To check to see if this is your problem, put a straight edge across both of your rollers and rotate the cutterhead so a blade is at its lowest point. The blade should clear the straight edge by about ¹/l6". If it contacts the straight edge, then the roller is not dropping down on the stop.

Charles M. Winn Deer Park, Washington

One Man's Solution for Making a Workbench Mobile: Pipe and Casters

I saw the letter from Michael Van Cleave regarding making a bench mobile, and your suggestion of using the Delta custom base. I think that it might not be sturdy enough for a heavy bench, especially when you consider pounding, sawing, etc. I have an old and simple bench made out of Douglas fir, and the way that I made it mobile was to make a frame using black pipe with pipe elbows at the corners. The frame was slightly larger than the base of the bench, then I set the bench in the base on some 2 x 4 cross members that I attached to the pipe using

the metal strapping used by plumbers to attach pipe to a wall. I mounted very large casters on each corner of the frame and away I went. This has worked out very well for me.

I picked up the casters at a garage sale, so I don't know too many details about them, but the person I bought them from said they were from Grainger's and were rated at 500 pounds each. They're quite large and have heavy-duty locks. To mount them I added pipe "Ts" to the frame and pointed the round opening down to the floor. The shaft slips right into it, and gravity holds it in place.

Kelly F. Hickel St. Paul, Minnesota

Taking Issue With Tight-grained Pine and Oil Finishes on Cherry

In your February 2003 issue, Bob Flexner asserts in "The Challenge of Cherry" that "cherry, maple, birch and pine look too flat when finished with oil finishes." While I agree that pine (hardly a tight-grained wood) does not gain a gloss with an oil finish, the other species mentioned can easily be given a wonderful (even glossy) finish with linseed oil and proper technique.

I routinely finish the majority of my work with oil and wax. A recent project is a curly maple and purpleheart box that has such a high-gloss finish that everyone who has seen

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