Hello all,
I’ve been lucky enough to find a little used Startrite SD 310 planer thicknesser. My guess it’s from an educational setting as it’s had a key switch fitted and is in such good nick. It had been greased and then left to sit whilst lots of dust glued itself to the thing. It’s cleaned up well and everything turns well.
Rigged up a temporary supply to measure start current, which came out at just over 5A per phase, whilst it runs at about 3A per phase. I can now size the cable and breaker
Here it is:
Inevitably, there are a few bits left over in the box.
Reading the thread of users’ planer thicknessers, it seems that not many of us have one at the moment, but a few have worked on them in the past. I’m hoping that I can jog some memories of the general arrangement of the fencing and extraction for this machine.
Sucking:
The extraction hood that normally sits down by the thicknessing table adjustment wheel and then flips up to sit over the cutter block whilst thicknessing is most obvious. There is an arrangement of hex bolt, light pattern washer, heavy pattern washer, spring and cap head at the other end of the shaft. Can anyone remember/go look in the workshop/have an exploded diagram of this assembly? There are too many possible arrangements and I think that there should be a second spring.
The other two extraction hoods I can only really guess at where they go, but presumably are in place when planing rather than thicknessing?
Fencing:
The fence seems ok, but it’s been partially milled underneath so that it will hug the infeed table a little closer. You can just see the little step in it. When this step approaches the cutter, the fence is too far forward for my taste.
What are forum users’ preferences as to the amount of fence before and after the cutter?
Tapped into the top of the fence is a pillar which supports a set of hardwood guides. I think that these may be borrowded from the combination version of this machine, but can’t be sure. The position of this can’t be moved relative to the fence, so the position of the fence may be a compromise. Where is the most valuable position for the guides relative to the cutter? Just in front, partially over the cutter?
Even though this machine has had light use, I still need some spares. Has anyone got a manual for sale or know where I can get one? I’ve bought the one covering the combination machine into which this planer was incorporated, but to be honest, it has very little in common. The belt will not tighten anymore and to be honest, I’m not sure that it matches the “V” profile of the pulleys very well anyway. One bearing needs replacing.
I would be very grateful for any help, anecdotes, information about this machine.
Many thanks all, OJ
I’ve been lucky enough to find a little used Startrite SD 310 planer thicknesser. My guess it’s from an educational setting as it’s had a key switch fitted and is in such good nick. It had been greased and then left to sit whilst lots of dust glued itself to the thing. It’s cleaned up well and everything turns well.
Rigged up a temporary supply to measure start current, which came out at just over 5A per phase, whilst it runs at about 3A per phase. I can now size the cable and breaker
Here it is:
Inevitably, there are a few bits left over in the box.
Reading the thread of users’ planer thicknessers, it seems that not many of us have one at the moment, but a few have worked on them in the past. I’m hoping that I can jog some memories of the general arrangement of the fencing and extraction for this machine.
Sucking:
The extraction hood that normally sits down by the thicknessing table adjustment wheel and then flips up to sit over the cutter block whilst thicknessing is most obvious. There is an arrangement of hex bolt, light pattern washer, heavy pattern washer, spring and cap head at the other end of the shaft. Can anyone remember/go look in the workshop/have an exploded diagram of this assembly? There are too many possible arrangements and I think that there should be a second spring.
The other two extraction hoods I can only really guess at where they go, but presumably are in place when planing rather than thicknessing?
Fencing:
The fence seems ok, but it’s been partially milled underneath so that it will hug the infeed table a little closer. You can just see the little step in it. When this step approaches the cutter, the fence is too far forward for my taste.
What are forum users’ preferences as to the amount of fence before and after the cutter?
Tapped into the top of the fence is a pillar which supports a set of hardwood guides. I think that these may be borrowded from the combination version of this machine, but can’t be sure. The position of this can’t be moved relative to the fence, so the position of the fence may be a compromise. Where is the most valuable position for the guides relative to the cutter? Just in front, partially over the cutter?
Even though this machine has had light use, I still need some spares. Has anyone got a manual for sale or know where I can get one? I’ve bought the one covering the combination machine into which this planer was incorporated, but to be honest, it has very little in common. The belt will not tighten anymore and to be honest, I’m not sure that it matches the “V” profile of the pulleys very well anyway. One bearing needs replacing.
I would be very grateful for any help, anecdotes, information about this machine.
Many thanks all, OJ
