Wax the bed really good and see if that helps. I used to work with an old Powermatic 160 that could get finicky sometimes and that always helped. Sometimes I just had to crank down the springs on the in feed roller to get it to work right. Dealing with sometimes wet pressure treated wood certainly didn't help things.
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Thank you for the replies.
Just to clarify, I am running one board at a time…the trouble starts after I've run a few boards through. i do have the owners manual and have followed their instructions. I have a dial caliper to adjust and am 98% sure everything is adjusted properly. It just seems odd that I can run a board through, then follow it up with another board, of approximate thickness, and have it jam in the machine. My business is furniture restoration and custom finishing but over the years I have acquired the tools to do more than restore the furniture but to actual build what I have always loved to restore…That being said, I have little experience running milling equipment, not saying I have no experience but all the machinery Ive ever used someone else did the maintenance, so I have no real experience with trouble shooting mechanical problems of this type. I guess I was hoping there was a simple bit of information out there that can only be acquired from years of experience.
I will persevere though!
Thanks again.
Just to clarify, I am running one board at a time…the trouble starts after I've run a few boards through. i do have the owners manual and have followed their instructions. I have a dial caliper to adjust and am 98% sure everything is adjusted properly. It just seems odd that I can run a board through, then follow it up with another board, of approximate thickness, and have it jam in the machine. My business is furniture restoration and custom finishing but over the years I have acquired the tools to do more than restore the furniture but to actual build what I have always loved to restore…That being said, I have little experience running milling equipment, not saying I have no experience but all the machinery Ive ever used someone else did the maintenance, so I have no real experience with trouble shooting mechanical problems of this type. I guess I was hoping there was a simple bit of information out there that can only be acquired from years of experience.
I will persevere though!Thanks again.
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