The Lady of the House

[Gunny]

She's ready to start her little one-woman show with the new Woodmaster planer-molder she picked up a while ago.  Now, I can train her in lots of things (Kenpo Karate-Kobudo, Marksmanship, Jungle, Winter, and Desert Warfare Chainsaws, Sawmills, DH Dryers, hand-and-power tools, etc.) but I've never owned or run one of these critters.  She has the "712" and will start out by just practicing her planing on KD Cedar and White Pine, then on to RO, WO, Cherry, Hickory, at the like. 

Any helpful hints for the fine gal will certainly be appreciated.  The machine is set to go and she wants to plug that thing in this evening.   (Oh, she got one of those "Super-Poly Boards" on it but it looks to me to have taken away both width and depth of cut.) Should be fun, but we need her around a while longer--the harvest isn't all canned-up yet!

Thanks much in advance.

[sawwood]

Gunny i have the 18" woodmaster and the one thing i can tell you is
 that when you run any hard wood threw it makes a lot of noise. But
 don't let that scare you, and it will the first time. Its good you have
 started with soft wood to git a feel for it. Go by the direction and make
 sure the wood is over size as they state in the manual. You will have to
 play with the speed control till you git a feel for how fast to run the
 blank threw it. I have had my 18 for 5 years now and have had no trouble
 with it. The poly board is the only way to go as you don't want the knives
 to hit the metal bed if you go to deep of a cut. Have fun and be safe
 and you will have some nice looking mouldings.

 Sawwood

[Gary_B]

    Gunny,
 I also have the 718, and have found a good dust collector works wonders too, keeps all those chips clear of cutting knives and easier clean up afterwards. One of the best machines I have run. I use the poly board too, and makes a difference with the feed, feedrollers never slip due to metal surface not being slick enough.