planers

[Ron Nossaman]

> Snipe would be a concern as one of the things I will use this for is 
> planing out those little cutouts from Steinway long bridges.  Similarly, 
> I will be running the topside through the planer as well.  What is the 
> best way to avoid snipe when pushing something like that through?
> 
> David Love


The biggest problem is unsupported stock ends. With everything 
else in the planer set up and adjusted to specs (particularly 
bed rollers and pressure bar), lifting up on the back end of 
the stock as it goes in (at least until the outfeed roller has 
the front end), and lifting up on the front end (as the infeed 
roller loses the back end, until the stock clears the blades), 
minimizes snipe. Bed rollers should be  barely above table 
height for hardwoods. Some adjust the bed rollers clear down 
to bed surface height. If the stock will feed with that much 
bed friction, that helps too.

Ron N