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Title: Sniping And Ridges
Review: I bought the Dewalt 2-3 yrs. ago. My first impressions were very favorable, the 3 knife head did a smoother job in fast feed than my other planers did in slow. It did a good job on pine, but when I started planing red oak it started sniping and leaving ridges in my boards. I rotated the knives and it helped for 2 or 3 boards then I started seeing these problems again. The sniping occures on both infeed and out even while lifting up on the lumber, because of this I'm reluctant to buy the extension tables($50). Dewalt advised me to feed in high until the finish cut to improve blade life, I've purchased 3 sets of knives at $50/set to plane 300-400 ft. of clean oak that I ran through my old Ryobi to insure that it was clean. I've been a toolmaker for 25 yrs. and I believe the grind on the knives is too thin to hold up to hard wood.
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