This is unsettling. I have a Yorkcraft YC-8J (basically a DJ-20) with a Byrd head. I was edge jointing a piece of cherry. It was going fine, but slowly due to super shallow cut. I went from maybe 1/32 to 1/16, fed the board and it kind of jammed up on me. Cutter started making a scary noise. The board had been fully on the cutters, not hanging off the edge.
Unplugged it, popped off the back, and spun it by hand. Cutter head definitely sticking at the same place every rotation -- sticking enough that it took a little extra tug on the belt to get through it. I popped off the belt and spun the cutter with my fingers. Same thing, so definitely something up top.
After a few spins, the stickiness and noise (even by hand, there's a metallic echo) is less, probably much less, but still there. Just takes less effort to get through it.
[EDIT] Went back, and now it is barely detectable if it's there at all. I don't like problems that go away for no reason!
Any ideas?
Thanks all.
Unplugged it, popped off the back, and spun it by hand. Cutter head definitely sticking at the same place every rotation -- sticking enough that it took a little extra tug on the belt to get through it. I popped off the belt and spun the cutter with my fingers. Same thing, so definitely something up top.
After a few spins, the stickiness and noise (even by hand, there's a metallic echo) is less, probably much less, but still there. Just takes less effort to get through it.
[EDIT] Went back, and now it is barely detectable if it's there at all. I don't like problems that go away for no reason!
Any ideas?
Thanks all.
Best,
Aram, always learning
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Web: My woodworking photo site
Aram, always learning
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Web: My woodworking photo site