Brian, hasn't been 80's here for a couple months. This was first thing in the morning when the heat is just coming up in the shop.
Dave, this feeder is heavy. You would not want to take it on and off very often.?
Brett, because of the pressure module being mounted in the t slot, it's totally adjustable front to back. Yes, this was set with the apex of the rear wheel just behind the teeth of the blade. We have it set up to cut door skin veneer here, about 3/16" thick. The?pressure module has in and out adjustment via a hand crank, and we've determined that for each slice you cut off of your board, 1.5 cranks will be perfect pressure for the next slice. It's so easy it feels like cheating.
One improvement we are going to be making-is adding a contact roller or curved fence type device above the belt, inline with the blade to provide support for taller work. The belt is only 6" wide, so presumably resawing a 12" wide plank might introduce some inconsistency.?
I might resaw the super figured red gum eucalyptus I have without fear of screwing it up!
Jason Holtz J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406 612 432-2765
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