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Fix for a Slipping Planer Table
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From the original questioner: Thanks for responding. I am not entirely clear as to how the PVC fix works. I would really like to straighten this thing out as I love the cutting action on the helical head. Also I put new cutterhead bearings in, which I got from Graingers - regular motor grade NTN type. And I have a slight vibration and growl coming from one or both, can't really tell which/where. Do you think there is a better quality bearing? How does your machine sound while running? Does it just sit there and hum or are there extra noises? From contributor G: I also have a RC-63N. Best planer I've ever owned. Mine has a power table which runs off the main motor through a gearbox. It does not have the table movement problem. I like this planer so much I bought a second one. I bought it mainly for the knife grinding attachment. It doesn't have the power table, so I am concerned I will have the table movement problem. (I don't have the planer yet.) I too am not clear on contributor R's fix. The planer I have just hums with no extra noise, at idle or working. Of course it makes noise when planing, but nothing like my other planers. I put a Digiscale on it and that is an awesome option. We plane much more now and widebelt sand less. I am also very impressed with how easily wood feeds through the machine. No more pushing and pulling. From the original questioner: Contributor R sent me a fax and it is essentially a short sleeve which fits behind the adjusting hand wheel and jambs the hand wheel against the gearbox through the sleeve when you tighten down the nut to hold the hand wheel on the shaft. He had a cross bar welded onto the bolt head, which holds the hand wheel onto the shaft. Thanks! Good fix to an oversight from Delta. They seem to have resurrected this version of planer and I saw one at a tradeshow. They now have a locking wheel at this precise location. There are available "lever handle" bolts and nuts which might look a bit cleaner then a welded bar - same thing, just looks more OEM. I suspect that there may be a burr or bum ball in one of my bearings, causing a slight vibration in my machine, which is showing up in the table height mechanism. Looks like I get to pop that head out again. I do like the diversion from cutting wood on occasion, though. Did your machine creep out, which is why you came up with the solution? From contributor R: I pulled the table off to do a fix on the bedrolls. They were not lining up at the same height, so I added a threaded sleeve so I could make them line up the same. It's a long story. Anyway, when I put the table back in, it was dropping. What I found is it was set so evenly on all four posts it was slipping. Delta gave me some other idea, but I came up with the simpler version using the PVC tubing and I called Delta to let them know my solution. Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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