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I have the same problem.... guess I should try to solve it someday. When I got my planner they had a dust collector attachment listed but since it was a new model they did not have it in stock "yet". A couple of years later I was told they didn't have them "any more"???? My guess is they never made them.

My planner is sitting on a shelf and I'm not using it much because of the hassle of getting it out to use. I have a stand I got for it but mounted my drum sander on it..... Maybe by this fall I will get a stand for the sander and get the planner back into use. And then deal with the chip collector issue.

I haven't seen attachments from other units that look like they would fit mine so it might be you will have the same problem. Making one is another option or maybe adapting some other makers???

Over the winter I made a sheet metal "shoot" for my jointer so at least most the chips get out from under it. I want to make an adapter to a hose at some point but at least what I did do was an improvement.

If you do make one please post some pictures I could use some ideas.

Ed

 

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Yea I'm sort of out of the loop when it comes to using my planner..... and as you said they do make a lot of chips and without a chip collector things get messy..... So it has been on the shelf a lot.....

The crazy thing is the dust chute you pictured looks a lot like what mine should look like..... In fact the planner it belongs to looks a lot like mine but a little newer..... now could you check the mounting holes on yours? Mine measure about 330mm. Mine says it is from Taiwan?????

Ed

 

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I see a picture for what that is worth.

Julie my planner has a chip deflector that I think you take off and add the chip pick-up, it has two allen head screws that remove it and I'm guess that they are used to mount the port.... They are on the out-feed side of the machine. Two other holes are tapped into the piece so maybe I'm wrong about how it mounts??? These are 240 mm apart and could be how it is mounted???? I'll have to drag it out in the light to see if I can see what should happen..... Maybe I'll try and find the manual.... as a last resort I can check that.

Ed

 

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Now that you have had the weekend is the adaper mounted? I'd be interested in what you had to do to mount it.

Ed