tp-305 delta planner problem

[tlcneeded]

i,m ok with having a little snipe but, when i run a wide board through one side of the cutter head drops about an 1/8 of an inch into the board is it a defective tool or part or just an adjustment i can make on my own?
it is under warranty still and i have no problem with replacing it. but, if there is a easy fix for it that i could do it would make things easier on me plus id have the knowledge in fixing it.
i don't have any close service center to take it to.(which at that time i could talk with them and know why its doing it)
i only have the option to fix it my self or take it back to the store and have it replaced.
i have check to see if the cutter head is lose or move on that side and no movement.

[TDHofstetter]

You may end up tolerating a heavy snipe - I've heard the TP305 referred to as a "snipe monster" - but there are some things you can do to improve your chances.

First & foremost, lift the "far" end of the board with your hand as the wood is feeding through the planer. That means the trailing end just as you begin and the leading end just as the board's finishing.

Second, wherever possible, "railroad" boards through with the leading end of the "next" board butted tight against the trailing end of the board being planed. Do that & you'll experience snipe only on the leading end of the "locomotive" board & the trailing end of the "caboose" board.

Third... if it's possible to do so, adjust the outboard ends of the infeed & outfeed tables up a bit high, higher than they look like they should be. That'll have the effect of lifting the "far" ends for you.

[tlcneeded]

i took the side of it and checked it out very carefully and found that the bearing at the bottom of the screw lift is bad and lets the hole side of the planner lift about a 1/16 of and inch or more.
that seems to be the problem.

[TDHofstetter]

Ah - THAT sounds VERY much like a warranty call. Dang shame it happened so early, but that sort of thing slips past QA at the factory from time to time.

[sawduster]

When you get it back, or replaced, here's a couple other things you can do to help out with snipe. I've got the same planer from back a few years ago before they made it part of their "Shopmaster" line.

I got tired of trying to adjust the stops for the the hinged infeed and outfeed tables. Would get it just right and it would change when I tightened the jam nut. What I did was take a 3/4 piece of MDF that I cut down to just shy of 12 1/2" wide, and what ever the width is of a sheet of MDF. I slid it through the machine on the bed so it extended about the same both on the infeed and outfeed sides and marked the edge of the infeed table onto the bottom of the mdf. I glued as screwed a batten there so that it catches on the end of the infeed table keeping the extended table in place. I lose 3/4" of depth and the ability to use the scale on the planer, but I wouldn't trust that anyway. It cures a lot of the snipe.

In addition to what Tim mentioned, feeding the boards in at an angle rather than perpendicular to the cutter heads also helps minimize snipe as well as giving more even wear on the blades.

[tlcneeded]

doing the mdf is something if had in mind for it but my thoughts was to make it longer then the in feed and out feed tables your thoughts on that please?
im needing to call delta and see what they have in store for this thing.

[sawduster]

Mine is like 49" long (MDF width is just over 4 feet, I think), so it does extend somewhat past the fold down tables both on the infeed and outfeed sides.