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last night i had difficulty feeding boards using the back half of the planer but no issues with feeding in the front half. the table is similarly clean.

infeed roller looks good but the outfeed (steel) roller can stand to be cleaned. is a bit/blade cleaner okay for this?

i tend to use front half for jointing and back half for planing thinking i am using all of the knives length. although, planning is usually a lot more than jointing.

anyhow, i used a lot of cypress last year and the back half of the outfeed roller is not as shiny as the front half. i am assuming it might have resin build up from pushing freshly cut cypress.

thanks,

imran

well i got impatient and used bit cleaner. covered planer table and used cardboard behind roller so that cleaner does not go any where else. cut the tooth brush bristles to less than half to stiffen them and to contain cleaner. the area where the boards were getting stuck was the worst. the front half was like 10% dirty compared to the back half. i removed bit cleaner off the roller with a mild detergent. roller looks new. you have to run the planer to turn the roller to expose unclean portion. the emergency stop located at outfeed is helpful to stop the planer/roller where you want it.

same boards that were sticking yesterday and i had to pull them out from outfeed went just fine.

so if you have feed issues and the tables are fine may take a look at your outfeed roller, especially if you use resinous woods.

imran