Delta 22-555 Benutzerhandbuch

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Snipe is a short depression created at the beginning 

and/or end of a board after it passes through the 

planer. Figure 5 shows how snipe occurs when a board 

enters the cutting area of the planer with the leading 

end elevated. The same effect can be created when 

the trailing end of the board becomes elevated as the 

workpiece exits the planer. 
There are a few ways you can control snipe.
The most common cause of snipe is failure to fully 

support the workpiece as the leading end enters the 

planer and as the trailing end exits the planer. This can 

be addressed by securely holding the workpiece to the 

surface of the infeed table and not allowing the leading 

end to elevate as it contacts the cutterhead. 
If, after trying the above, snipe is still present, 

try lessening the depth of cut by slightly raising the 

height of the cutterhead (see previous section, “Height 

Adjustment”).

If the workpiece continues to exhibit snipe, you may 

need to adjust the height of the infeed and or outfeed 

table. To do this, see Figure 6, then:

1.  Fold the infeed and outfeed tables up in order to 

locate the two infeed (A) and two outfeed (B) stop 

screws. 

2.  Using a 10mm open wrench, loosen the retaining 

nuts.

3.  Adjust the stop screws, one set at a time, making 

sure that they are at the same height. To check the 

screw height, lower the table and confirm that both 

screw heads are flush against the bottom of the table. 

4.  Re-test for snipe.