07-20-2015, 11:52 PM
(07-20-2015, 12:35 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: Can you post pics of your drive set-up? I have a 9' Cincinnati waiting to be put back into action and plan to use a 10hp 3 phase motor and a variable frequency drive to control the speed of the table. I do need to see how the belts are positioned as the only planner I ever operated was run with hydraulics.
Take another look at the black and white pic a page or two back. That's a single belt system, 3 pulleys. The table dogs knock the shifting mechanism back and forth. There's a thing called a "shipper" (not visible) hooked around the belt and connected to that shifter.
Mine's a small planer. When the belt shifts, there's a little noise that you might call belt squeal. A bigger planer would probably squeal louder. I've a book on Cincinnati planers that show two belts, each riding on two different sized sets of pulleys to provide a faster return stroke. Youtubes on 2 belt planers show a delay, first one belt, then the other as the machine reverses direction. Installation should be straightforward, roll it over by hand and the belts should find their way.
60 fpm here. One speed!