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I've been remiss (OK, lazy). My planer hasn't had a proper maintenance job in, well, years. Sure, I keep it clean and blow the dust out regularly but it desperately needed a proper servicing.
So; went to swap the blades out and discovered that the idiots that designed this thing used button head screws with H4 Allen heads. The screws are M6 16mm.
They might as well have welded them in! The tool that Delta supplied now looks like a piece of wrought iron railing. Twelve screws. Two I couldn't budge, even after I picked up a socket with the H4 Allen bit included.
My retired machinist buddy gave me a hand and we drilled them, and pulled the screw portions out with a screw extractor.
Replaced ALL the screws with M6 16mm hexhead bolts. Should have been like that from the get-go.
A little Lithium grease in the drive chain and the thing is working like new. New blades were looooong overdue; what a difference.
If you have one of these puppies, it may be time...
So; went to swap the blades out and discovered that the idiots that designed this thing used button head screws with H4 Allen heads. The screws are M6 16mm.
They might as well have welded them in! The tool that Delta supplied now looks like a piece of wrought iron railing. Twelve screws. Two I couldn't budge, even after I picked up a socket with the H4 Allen bit included.
My retired machinist buddy gave me a hand and we drilled them, and pulled the screw portions out with a screw extractor.
Replaced ALL the screws with M6 16mm hexhead bolts. Should have been like that from the get-go.
A little Lithium grease in the drive chain and the thing is working like new. New blades were looooong overdue; what a difference.
If you have one of these puppies, it may be time...