Thickness planner - rubber rollers??

[miles_hot]

Some TPs have a rubber roller on the out feed side - is this a plus point over a steel one and if so do any have rubber rollers on the in-feed side? I have always imagined that the indentations from a steel roller (assuming there are any) would limit the minimum depth that you would be able to take of and still get a good finish...

Thoughts?

Miles

 

[mailee]

My Elu has rubber rollers on the infeed and the out and they are better than the steel ones which do leave a mark if only slight.

 

[OldWood]

.. but rubber deteriorates, and my Elu is dead because of that.

Rob

 

[9fingers]

Some TPs have a rubber roller on the out feed side - is this a plus point over a steel one and if so do any have rubber rollers on the in-feed side? I have always imagined that the indentations from a steel roller (assuming there are any) would limit the minimum depth that you would be able to take of and still get a good finish...

Thoughts?

Miles

My previous P/T - a Kity had a serrated infeed and rubber outfeed roller and this did mean there was effectively a minimum cut depth to avoid witness marks on the wood. If I needed to achieve a precise finished thickness, I always included a suitable piece of scrap in the batch of thicknessing and when I was within, a couple of mm of the required thickness, I would creep up on the final size using the scrap and process the 'wanted' stock with a single final cut.

My current thicknesser is a no known name chinese thing and 3rd hand to me. It as all rubber rollers and despite being a good few years old, the rubber is still in good nick.

Bob

 

[miles_hot]

does the jet 310 have rubber in feed and out feed rollers? I think it has rubber out feed but I can't find any details on the in feed roller...

Many thanks

Miles