As the steel of the jointer or planer blades is too hard it becomes quite tough and time consuming.
Machine planer blade angle for hardwood.
Setting the honing guide to 30 degrees requires you to have 38 mm of the planer blade sticking out of the guide.
I don t mind any out of balance condition that might exist.
My dc 380 planer and dj 20 jointer were both delivered with hss blades sharpened at a 30 angle.
The blades are set parallel to the table within 001 from end to end.
So my q is this to what angle do you have your planer blades ground and why.
Given its 12º bed angle you would end up with an angle of cut of 45 degrees 12º 33º 45º the same as on a standard angle plane.
Ensure the straightness of.
The low hook angle provides that.
Rotate the cutterhead to locate the bevel side of the knife forward of center under the stone.
However the edge will be less durable.
The hook angle is the angle built into the cutterhead that creates the cutting action.
Mark the location of the knife on the planner body to align the other blades.
Set the direction of cut in the jointer and reduce angle from the tip of the blade.
I should not be surprised given that we use higher angles for hardwoods with hand planes but i d never given it any thought for planer knives.
If you go with a standard planer head then use a hook angle of 10 to 12 degrees.
Position jig over blade and cutterhead with the machine unplugged place the jig on the cutterhead and against the chip deflector.
O 1 steel tolerates more acute sharpening vs.
If the angle is too sharp such as 30 degrees it digs deeper and breaks the shavings into pieces.
With softwoods a slicing action is needed and a hook of 20 to 30 degrees in the head would be needed.
The obvious answer is what we all know.
The lower you set the angle the sharper your planer blade will be.
My planer blades are adjusted in the machine by using a jig sitting on the table surface with a indicator with the point facing up at the edges of the knives.
A 2 or pm blades but the latter two stay sharp longer at a somewhat less acute hone angle.
However the plane s angle of attack surely matters too.
With hardwoods a scraping action is needed.
Sharpening jointer knives by hand is a bit easy when it is done by some machine or a planer jointer knives grinding jig.
A 30 degree angle is ideal for getting a sharp yet durable planer blade.
So a bit of googling as to what they should be and i discover that planer knives can vary from 30 to 45 degrees.
I bought some freud replacement blades some time a go and they are sharpened at 45.
Both machines cut bevel down so the leading angle of the cut has not changed and there seem to be plenty of clearance in the cutting circle with the 45 blades.
