My lunchbox planer is running rough

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  • jnesmith
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2003
    • 892
    • Tallahassee, FL, USA.
    #1

    My lunchbox planer is running rough

    Hey:

    I have a Delta 22-560 planer. It's been a good piece of equipment until recently. It started running real rough; sounds like the motor is really struggling. It has gotten worse. I have greased the drive chains, oiled the roller bearings, and done everything else the manual suggests. Nothing has done any good. I shot a brief video so you can hear it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sW6gjIWFbo

    It sounds worse in person. It just does not sound right. I know very little about motors, so I don't have a clue.


    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    P.S.

    The brushes look fine.
    John
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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 21830
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999
      #2
      doesn't sound like the motor is straining, sounds like a mechanical problem, like bad bearings or something is rubbing against something else.

      What happened before it sounded like that? rough use? or just been stored?
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • jnesmith
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2003
          • 892
          • Tallahassee, FL, USA.
          #3
          Loring:

          Thanks for the reply. I don't recall anything significant happening; it just seemed to get worse. It does occasionally sit for a month or more without use though. It did seem to plane adequately even after I started noticing the sound, up until yesterday. It now also seems to struggle feeding the stock through.

          Should I be able to turn the rollers by hand?
          John

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            • Tom Slick
              Veteran Member
              • May 2005
              • 2913
              • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
              • sears BT3 clone
              #4
              With the noise being that pronounced I'd bet if you remove the covers the problem will be fairly easy to see.
              Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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                • leehljp
                  The Full Monte
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 8721
                  • Tunica, MS
                  • BT3000/3100
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Tom Slick
                  With the noise being that pronounced I'd bet if you remove the covers the problem will be fairly easy to see.
                  This was my first and main thought, but I also wondered if there is a brush armature problem.
                  Hank Lee

                  Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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                    • atgcpaul
                      Veteran Member
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 4055
                      • Maryland
                      • Grizzly 1023SLX
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Tom Slick
                      With the noise being that pronounced I'd bet if you remove the covers the problem will be fairly easy to see.
                      +1. Compared to my Ridgid planer, it sounds like your motor is spinning almost with no load. Sounds like gears grinding but I'm not sure if gears are involved in there. Definitely take the cover off to get a better look.

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                        • atgcpaul
                          Veteran Member
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 4055
                          • Maryland
                          • Grizzly 1023SLX
                          #7
                          OP, Update? Did you find out what was wrong? Did you fix it?

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                            • jnesmith
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 892
                              • Tallahassee, FL, USA.
                              #8
                              Originally posted by atgcpaul
                              OP, Update? Did you find out what was wrong? Did you fix it?
                              Hey:

                              I never figured out what was wrong. (Although I also did not spend any more time trying to figure it out). I put it for sale on CL, with an explanation of the sound/problem. Some guy making a couple of paddle boards checked it out and bought it for $75. I think he was only concerned with it lasting long enough for this one job.

                              I put the $75 towards a new Dewalt 735, and am now a very happy camper. (Except for that hole in my wallet)
                              John

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