I keep a squirt bottle of mineral spirits handy for gummy runs - it does dissolves the waxes and lubricants usually applied to the bed? but it's way slick and also keeps the resins? on the wood surface slick. Best part is that in seconds it is evaporated and dry.? Bad part is it is probably not the correct answer for the safety quiz for fire hazards. Squirt the leading surface of he board and let it disperse as it slides. Never used it on the cutting head side, suspect it would sling off before it was useful.
I took a look at the planer and as you all suspected it was pretty gummed up. I removed the chip deflector beside the cutter head which was covered in pine resin. I removed and cleaned the resin and applied a coat of wax to hopefully make it easier to clean next time. There was a decent amount of build up on the drive drum as well, I took a wire brush and cleaned out as much as I could, looks pretty clean now.
Not sure what the best way to keep that drive drum clean as it is akward to get to, and tips would be welcom.
I do alot of work with pine, so I'll have to add cleaning to the end of each run as part of the PM.
Thanks for all you input
Claudio
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Saint Louis Restoration
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