If you use liquid stripper or a regular heat gun this can be a tedious task, at best. A search of the usual Internet sources shows, not to my surprise, that parts for the 3001 have been deemed obsolete. I'm going to take this thread off track a bit here in response to your last post.
http://www.ado-gu.jp/data/ado-gu/product/LM3001.jpg, Copyright 2022 Zonda Media, a Delaware Corporation. Blades for the 2030N also turn up but they have a different part number so the chances are that the blades are different. Let me suggest an alternative to that if you need to do something similar in the future. Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007. It can remove paint from about a 5x12 inch area in justa few minutes, and doesn't heat the paint to the degree that it creates fumes. Unfortunately I had a blade come loose yesterday which is why I needed to ask both of those questions.
All times are GMT-5. Too bad the workers who install the factory blades don't use that short wrench. It's thin, little more than 1/16 of an inch, and is visible when you hold the blade up to the light. Can you still see some of the hard steel on your blades? ), and went to work with wet-sanding carbide paper layed on the glass and plenty of water. 2022 The Taunton Press, Inc. All rights reserved. I see that this is an old thread, but if anyone can still respond, is it reasonable to remove the jointer and planer knives from the Makita 2030 and sharpen them by hand or is it preferrable to send them to a pro? The trick is to remove the paint which, as you know, is very abrasive and can ruin a set of planer blades (or a handplane blade) in nothing flat. Typically the factory wrenches have a short small handle which discourages over tightening. Click for full details. Thanks again, I really appreciate it!K.I.S.S. Our biweekly podcast allows editors, authors, and special guests to answer your woodworking questions and connect with the online woodworking community. The folks in Edmonton are extremely helpful. Become an UNLIMITED member and get it all: searchable online archive of every issue, how-to videos, Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking digital series, print magazine, e-newsletter, and more.
Inspiring Media Inc. o/a Canadian Woodworking. A quick visit to the one local store that carries Makita parts did not turn up anything comparable. Start your 14-day FREE trial - and get building! Torque isn't that critical just snug them up firmly with the wrench provided. It is usually worth recovering though, and using somewhere else when I can. Do you have the jig and the instructions for the machine?John White You can peel off an eighth of an inch of paint with only one pass of the Speedheater, right down to the bare wood. Oh, this was years ago, the first time I removed the blades from the Delta planer. Sadly, my source for such cabinets is gone -- an auction house in Tacoma that brought stuff over from Europe by the container-load. It worksbest on flat surfaces, of course. Check with your nearest Makita service center. I had to put a pipe extension on the wrench to get the blades off my Delta the first time -- I was sure the wrench would break before the screws loosened. If you do a Google search for "Makita 2030 planer blade" you will turn up a couple of sources for the blades. It's pretty amazing to see the first time.. The blades were sharpened, but they were not flat across the cutting edge. I have two questions regarding a Makita 2030 Planer/Jointer combo I recently acquired. Is there any left? Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007, Sound advice John. In all my years or removing paint, I've found that this is the fastest and safest method. Plus tips, advice, and special offers from Fine Woodworking. New posts are no longer possible, but the collected work of building professionals sharing information remains available here as a resource to the JLC community. Even moderately tightened bolts should not have come loose. I never did though As to torquing the blade bolts down, I never used a torque wrench, but reefed on them pretty well with a 3/8 inch socket set. If you see a possum running around in here, kill it. I would greatly appreciate an insight that anyone can give me on this, Id like to get my machine back in action soon! The lumber is mostly verydecent underneath the dirt, and often paint, on the surface. Enter now for your chance to win more than $2,000 worth of woodworking equipment from Woodpeckers. Second, what are the torque specs for bolting the knives to the planer head? I usually started with 220 git and went finer once the nicks were out. It is possible Makita supplied an inexpensive plastic piece (something about that is floating around in my memory) to do the pushing down of the blades, but I must have lost that and used lumber from that point forward. I'm not sure if there was a jig supplied by the company that helped position the planer blades in a Makita 2030. Never had to send them out again. For some reason the manual says nothing about how these topics. I would be suspicious that the blade retaining bolts or their threaded holes were damaged by a former user.
Plus, much of the old paint is lead-based, which releases lead fumes when heated above a certain temperature. They retail for between $500-600, depending on if there there's a sale going on. Wasn't long before I needed to flip the blades, LOL.forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). Pro paint shopsrent them for about $35 a day though - so thatcould be an alternative foryou if you ever run into a batch of painted boards again Oh, yeah. It's not a pet. You mentioned sacrificinga set of planer blades to remove paint from some old oak. I have a Makita 2030 jointer/planer combo machine (circa 1979) and decided to get a second set of jointer blades. I recently gave my 2030 to my son, and bought a Laguna 16" Jointer-Planer combination machine with a sprial cutter head. Same witha fastner or two I had to lossen on the Delta drill press.
I did learn a lesson though, and will be sure to snug the bolts a little tighter next time. To John and Dusty, It's better to try and fail, than fail to try. - Jackie Moon, Thanks for the tip on the Speedheater, Zolton. I have a 2030 and am still on the original set of blades on the thing (since 1978 or so). It's not a pet. What's with these guys anyway?
Locally I could not find them. You'dthen tighten the bolts. In-depth articles, up-close photography, and detailed illustrations. I finally sent the blades out to be professionally sharpened, and adopted a new method after that. Sanding lead paint also allows particles to become airborne - and respirated. Rabbeting a shelf; Strength vs. appearance, Editor's Letter: A new tool with every project. As John White said, you can get the blades sharpened for way less than what it will cost you for new ones - though, again as he said, it mightconvenient to have a second set on hand. I never did the process right. Apparently I went a little light on the torque side, and it worked fine until I sent a wide piece of oak through. I have an >>old<< Makita LM3001 planer-jointer-resaw combo that has been the cornerstone of my home shop for more than 25 years. I now recommend that that anyone with a new machine should take the cutter head cover off as soon as they get it home and check that the blade bolts can be loosened. I've come to expect things to be overtightened at the factory, but alas, I'm not buying tools now, so the knowledge is wasted, LOL!forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-), Hi FG,Overtightened blade securing bolts on new bench top planers are fairly common. I need to replace the knives on the planer side and am having a tough time finding anything other that 2030N. There is a good deal of high speed steel laminated to a softer steel backing on the blades, and if they're sharpened carefully they should last a long while. Is it OK to copy projects from the magazine? This page was generated at 06:21 AM. Get complete site access to video workshops, digital plans library, online archive, and more, plus the print magazine. First, does anyone know if this machine uses the same knives as the 2030N model? I purchased sharpening jigs from Lee Valley, got a big piece, maybe 15" square, of 3/8" scrap float glass (free at my local glass man! You don't need a torque wrench , it's not that critical .Use common sense and like lug nuts on a wheel tighten them not just from one end to the other ,butalternate to equalize the pressure all along the knives . JLC Online: Best practices for professional builders and remodelers. The ends got ground off more than the center. I can strip one side of a four foot, 12 inch wide board in about ten minutes. Many have been removed from bookshelves or drawers that I replaced in someone's house. "Typically the factory wrenches have a short small handle which discourages over tightening." Pretty simple, and I suppose reasonably accurate for the time.. Perhaps I was fortunate in that the first lumber I planed was 80-year-old oak from a demolished cabinet, painted, and I was sacrificing a set of edges to get below the paint to a fresh surface. sigpicToday's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piecset-40547.html. When I recently went to replace the old planer blades with newly-resharpened ones, I found that they have been resharpened so many times they are no longer wide enough to even reach the setting gauge (they started out as maybe 36mm wide, and are now less than 29mm!). I'm aveteran collector of old boards, some painted.
[FREUD C610] 12-1/2" Replacement Planer Knife Set For Makita 2030n (2), [FREUD C140] 30" Long X 1-1/2" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C120] 25" Long X 1-1/8" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C055] 20-1/2" Long X 11/16" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife Set (3), [FREUD C170] 37" Long X 1-3/8" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C060] 24" Long X 1-1/8" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C190] 37" Long X 1-1/2" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C100] 25" Long X 5/8" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C050] 20" Long X 1" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife (1) Knife. I eventually got a second set to change when they needed it, and tried to get to sharpening the spare set when time permitted, but like most jobs I hate, it always got put off. Thanks for the prompt relies! Once the head is off the stub of the bolt can be easily turned and backed out of the head. You don't want to discover that the bolts are frozen months later in the middle of a project or after the warranty has expired.I some cases the only way that the bolts can be removed is to carefully grind off the heads with a Dremel tool. When I had my 2030, I bought the Makita rotating wet stone sharpener.
If you see a possum running around in here, kill it. The way I learned to set the blades was to first deploy the (not-very-accurate) top-dead-center pin that engaged the rotating head, and then use a short piece of edge-milled stock to press the blades down even with the flat areas. What I've been doing for the last several years is taking the paint off the boards before I mill them. But I will keep the Speedheater in mind should another good deal come my way.forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). UNLIMITED Membership is like taking a master class in woodworking for less than $10 a month. Because the thought of the blade flying off is scary, it leads many to tighten the bolts down way too hard which actually damages the bolt or what it threads into. - Jackie Moon. He now has my sharpening jigs for these blades, but alas, has no time to woodwork. Speedheaters are quite expensive(though I bought mine, used, from a professional paint store for $100). FG , If the nuts have beenon fora longtime , even if they were not overly tightened it may be helpful to spray a shot of wd 40 or liquid wrench before hand. UNLIMITED membership - Get access to it all. There are two milled flat areas on the machine though,that straddle where the blades peek through the top (covered, when in operation, by the chip deflector). I believe that these machines had a jig that was used to position the blade properly.
Seeing what looked like a deal online, I bought a set of Makita High Speed Steel that sounded like the correct dimensions. ZoltonIf you see a possum running around in here, kill it. Commenting has been disabled. We have created these special content collections organized to give you a deep dive into a range of topics that matter. Never had a blade come loose, as you said you did. !forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). Sounds like the perfect solution to these old painted boards. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Makita 2030 jointer/planer roller replacement, Editor's Letter: Technology and the future of woodworking. Re: Modifying HSS Jointer Knives for Makita 2030, The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.. Well, almost. The wood behind the paint is heated, and that releases the paint. Please note that the JLC forums are now displayed read-only. - Jackie Moon. Start your 14-day FREE trial - and get building. For the past couple of years I've been using an infrared paint removal tool called a Speedheater. Get instant access to over 100 digital plans available only to UNLIMITED members. Of course new bolts will be needed.John White It's not a pet. This forum post is now archived. It would appear that the blades can be resharpened, so you may not need replacements, but it is nice to have spare blades on hand. The unit consists of an alumimum and plastic housing that holds two tubes that generate the infrared rays (or whatever they're called!).
http://www.ado-gu.jp/data/ado-gu/product/LM3001.jpg, Copyright 2022 Zonda Media, a Delaware Corporation. Blades for the 2030N also turn up but they have a different part number so the chances are that the blades are different. Let me suggest an alternative to that if you need to do something similar in the future. Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007. It can remove paint from about a 5x12 inch area in justa few minutes, and doesn't heat the paint to the degree that it creates fumes. Unfortunately I had a blade come loose yesterday which is why I needed to ask both of those questions.
All times are GMT-5. Too bad the workers who install the factory blades don't use that short wrench. It's thin, little more than 1/16 of an inch, and is visible when you hold the blade up to the light. Can you still see some of the hard steel on your blades? ), and went to work with wet-sanding carbide paper layed on the glass and plenty of water. 2022 The Taunton Press, Inc. All rights reserved. I see that this is an old thread, but if anyone can still respond, is it reasonable to remove the jointer and planer knives from the Makita 2030 and sharpen them by hand or is it preferrable to send them to a pro? The trick is to remove the paint which, as you know, is very abrasive and can ruin a set of planer blades (or a handplane blade) in nothing flat. Typically the factory wrenches have a short small handle which discourages over tightening. Click for full details. Thanks again, I really appreciate it!K.I.S.S. Our biweekly podcast allows editors, authors, and special guests to answer your woodworking questions and connect with the online woodworking community. The folks in Edmonton are extremely helpful. Become an UNLIMITED member and get it all: searchable online archive of every issue, how-to videos, Complete Illustrated Guide to Woodworking digital series, print magazine, e-newsletter, and more.
Inspiring Media Inc. o/a Canadian Woodworking. A quick visit to the one local store that carries Makita parts did not turn up anything comparable. Start your 14-day FREE trial - and get building! Torque isn't that critical just snug them up firmly with the wrench provided. It is usually worth recovering though, and using somewhere else when I can. Do you have the jig and the instructions for the machine?John White You can peel off an eighth of an inch of paint with only one pass of the Speedheater, right down to the bare wood. Oh, this was years ago, the first time I removed the blades from the Delta planer. Sadly, my source for such cabinets is gone -- an auction house in Tacoma that brought stuff over from Europe by the container-load. It worksbest on flat surfaces, of course. Check with your nearest Makita service center. I had to put a pipe extension on the wrench to get the blades off my Delta the first time -- I was sure the wrench would break before the screws loosened. If you do a Google search for "Makita 2030 planer blade" you will turn up a couple of sources for the blades. It's pretty amazing to see the first time.. The blades were sharpened, but they were not flat across the cutting edge. I have two questions regarding a Makita 2030 Planer/Jointer combo I recently acquired. Is there any left? Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007, Sound advice John. In all my years or removing paint, I've found that this is the fastest and safest method. Plus tips, advice, and special offers from Fine Woodworking. New posts are no longer possible, but the collected work of building professionals sharing information remains available here as a resource to the JLC community. Even moderately tightened bolts should not have come loose. I never did though As to torquing the blade bolts down, I never used a torque wrench, but reefed on them pretty well with a 3/8 inch socket set. If you see a possum running around in here, kill it. I would greatly appreciate an insight that anyone can give me on this, Id like to get my machine back in action soon! The lumber is mostly verydecent underneath the dirt, and often paint, on the surface. Enter now for your chance to win more than $2,000 worth of woodworking equipment from Woodpeckers. Second, what are the torque specs for bolting the knives to the planer head? I usually started with 220 git and went finer once the nicks were out. It is possible Makita supplied an inexpensive plastic piece (something about that is floating around in my memory) to do the pushing down of the blades, but I must have lost that and used lumber from that point forward. I'm not sure if there was a jig supplied by the company that helped position the planer blades in a Makita 2030. Never had to send them out again. For some reason the manual says nothing about how these topics. I would be suspicious that the blade retaining bolts or their threaded holes were damaged by a former user. Plus, much of the old paint is lead-based, which releases lead fumes when heated above a certain temperature. They retail for between $500-600, depending on if there there's a sale going on. Wasn't long before I needed to flip the blades, LOL.forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). Pro paint shopsrent them for about $35 a day though - so thatcould be an alternative foryou if you ever run into a batch of painted boards again Oh, yeah. It's not a pet. You mentioned sacrificinga set of planer blades to remove paint from some old oak. I have a Makita 2030 jointer/planer combo machine (circa 1979) and decided to get a second set of jointer blades. I recently gave my 2030 to my son, and bought a Laguna 16" Jointer-Planer combination machine with a sprial cutter head. Same witha fastner or two I had to lossen on the Delta drill press.
I did learn a lesson though, and will be sure to snug the bolts a little tighter next time. To John and Dusty, It's better to try and fail, than fail to try. - Jackie Moon, Thanks for the tip on the Speedheater, Zolton. I have a 2030 and am still on the original set of blades on the thing (since 1978 or so). It's not a pet. What's with these guys anyway?
Locally I could not find them. You'dthen tighten the bolts. In-depth articles, up-close photography, and detailed illustrations. I finally sent the blades out to be professionally sharpened, and adopted a new method after that. Sanding lead paint also allows particles to become airborne - and respirated. Rabbeting a shelf; Strength vs. appearance, Editor's Letter: A new tool with every project. As John White said, you can get the blades sharpened for way less than what it will cost you for new ones - though, again as he said, it mightconvenient to have a second set on hand. I never did the process right. Apparently I went a little light on the torque side, and it worked fine until I sent a wide piece of oak through. I have an >>old<< Makita LM3001 planer-jointer-resaw combo that has been the cornerstone of my home shop for more than 25 years. I now recommend that that anyone with a new machine should take the cutter head cover off as soon as they get it home and check that the blade bolts can be loosened. I've come to expect things to be overtightened at the factory, but alas, I'm not buying tools now, so the knowledge is wasted, LOL!forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-), Hi FG,Overtightened blade securing bolts on new bench top planers are fairly common. I need to replace the knives on the planer side and am having a tough time finding anything other that 2030N. There is a good deal of high speed steel laminated to a softer steel backing on the blades, and if they're sharpened carefully they should last a long while. Is it OK to copy projects from the magazine? This page was generated at 06:21 AM. Get complete site access to video workshops, digital plans library, online archive, and more, plus the print magazine. First, does anyone know if this machine uses the same knives as the 2030N model? I purchased sharpening jigs from Lee Valley, got a big piece, maybe 15" square, of 3/8" scrap float glass (free at my local glass man! You don't need a torque wrench , it's not that critical .Use common sense and like lug nuts on a wheel tighten them not just from one end to the other ,butalternate to equalize the pressure all along the knives . JLC Online: Best practices for professional builders and remodelers. The ends got ground off more than the center. I can strip one side of a four foot, 12 inch wide board in about ten minutes. Many have been removed from bookshelves or drawers that I replaced in someone's house. "Typically the factory wrenches have a short small handle which discourages over tightening." Pretty simple, and I suppose reasonably accurate for the time.. Perhaps I was fortunate in that the first lumber I planed was 80-year-old oak from a demolished cabinet, painted, and I was sacrificing a set of edges to get below the paint to a fresh surface. sigpicToday's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piecset-40547.html. When I recently went to replace the old planer blades with newly-resharpened ones, I found that they have been resharpened so many times they are no longer wide enough to even reach the setting gauge (they started out as maybe 36mm wide, and are now less than 29mm!). I'm aveteran collector of old boards, some painted.
[FREUD C610] 12-1/2" Replacement Planer Knife Set For Makita 2030n (2), [FREUD C140] 30" Long X 1-1/2" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C120] 25" Long X 1-1/8" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C055] 20-1/2" Long X 11/16" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife Set (3), [FREUD C170] 37" Long X 1-3/8" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C060] 24" Long X 1-1/8" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C190] 37" Long X 1-1/2" Wide X 5/32" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C100] 25" Long X 5/8" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife, [FREUD C050] 20" Long X 1" Wide X 1/8" Thick High Speed Steel Planer Knife (1) Knife. I eventually got a second set to change when they needed it, and tried to get to sharpening the spare set when time permitted, but like most jobs I hate, it always got put off. Thanks for the prompt relies! Once the head is off the stub of the bolt can be easily turned and backed out of the head. You don't want to discover that the bolts are frozen months later in the middle of a project or after the warranty has expired.I some cases the only way that the bolts can be removed is to carefully grind off the heads with a Dremel tool. When I had my 2030, I bought the Makita rotating wet stone sharpener.
If you see a possum running around in here, kill it. The way I learned to set the blades was to first deploy the (not-very-accurate) top-dead-center pin that engaged the rotating head, and then use a short piece of edge-milled stock to press the blades down even with the flat areas. What I've been doing for the last several years is taking the paint off the boards before I mill them. But I will keep the Speedheater in mind should another good deal come my way.forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). UNLIMITED Membership is like taking a master class in woodworking for less than $10 a month. Because the thought of the blade flying off is scary, it leads many to tighten the bolts down way too hard which actually damages the bolt or what it threads into. - Jackie Moon. He now has my sharpening jigs for these blades, but alas, has no time to woodwork. Speedheaters are quite expensive(though I bought mine, used, from a professional paint store for $100). FG , If the nuts have beenon fora longtime , even if they were not overly tightened it may be helpful to spray a shot of wd 40 or liquid wrench before hand. UNLIMITED membership - Get access to it all. There are two milled flat areas on the machine though,that straddle where the blades peek through the top (covered, when in operation, by the chip deflector). I believe that these machines had a jig that was used to position the blade properly.
Seeing what looked like a deal online, I bought a set of Makita High Speed Steel that sounded like the correct dimensions. ZoltonIf you see a possum running around in here, kill it. Commenting has been disabled. We have created these special content collections organized to give you a deep dive into a range of topics that matter. Never had a blade come loose, as you said you did. !forestgirl-- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl;-). Sounds like the perfect solution to these old painted boards. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Makita 2030 jointer/planer roller replacement, Editor's Letter: Technology and the future of woodworking. Re: Modifying HSS Jointer Knives for Makita 2030, The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.. Well, almost. The wood behind the paint is heated, and that releases the paint. Please note that the JLC forums are now displayed read-only. - Jackie Moon. Start your 14-day FREE trial - and get building. For the past couple of years I've been using an infrared paint removal tool called a Speedheater. Get instant access to over 100 digital plans available only to UNLIMITED members. Of course new bolts will be needed.John White It's not a pet. This forum post is now archived. It would appear that the blades can be resharpened, so you may not need replacements, but it is nice to have spare blades on hand. The unit consists of an alumimum and plastic housing that holds two tubes that generate the infrared rays (or whatever they're called!).