Tool Talk #21: Oliver 15 Helical Cutterhead Planer (10014)

[@philvale5724]

Hi 👋, Jay , great territorial, on your experiences, with planers and thicknesses, in my nearly 50 years, a specialist joiner, cabinet maker My first machine was an all in one planing, spindle moulder and saw bench device , didn’t have a lot of funds as I was just sorting out, and the first thing I noticed it was the machine was very underpowered, Startrite K260, it was more of hobbies machine. I then purchased some old machinery that had been restored., and I had moved to a bigger work shop, then 2003/4, I moved again to a very large work shop, 8Mt x 35Mt . Then I purchased all separate machines planer and thickness SCM 10Hp , or thereabouts, this got digital read out, and was at the top of my budget to say the least, and after about two years, I’d wished I changed the blocks to a helical block . Especially when you have to have two different size sets of blades four in each machine. 6 sets for each machine, the resharpening of them wasn’t too bad pick up and deliver within a week, sometimes sooner if I required, Leitz , Tooling, very high, quality, tooling, and machine, components, cutter, blocks, et cetera, I would say at least 90% of my tooling is my by this company LEITZ, My planner beds were quite long, but I decided to make them even longer still, I’ve purchased four rails from festool I’ve got some t bolts, and fitted the rails on either end of the beds with adjustable feet, the bed of my table, who is approximately 6 m in length, as I have machining up very large sections of timber by myself, My thickness machine as well, I had a huge problem, as the table height adjustment was the bottom bed, so when planing timber, I had to keep adjusting the in outfield tables, one thing I did like about thickness machine, it had a digital readout, to the point of a Mil , It is amazing how things have changed over the years , by using a crank in handle to lower and raise the tables, and sometimes couldn’t even guarantee that it was gonna be correct, To the SCM all you have to do is press a number to dial in the height, and you could even program it for job 1 , 2, 3, et cetera, and now I’m retired, and I still have most of my machinery, I’m now in my 70s, and I’m looking forward to going back to work, 😂, and I’m being serious as I am getting bored. I hope this is an insight into my journey, so Jay keep up the great work, I wish you all success for the future, stay safe, Phil from the moulin France,

[@wallystoolshed7050]

That planer looks like the exact same machine as my Delta 15" planer. I do have the Shelix cutter head, and I love it.

[@simonhopkins3867]

What a beast of a machine. But it matches your shop in that sense. Keep up the good work buddy.

[@jeromemallory9434]

Very nice tips and advice!

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

Good information shared and much appreciated. Left a comment on your website also, but want to let KZbin know that you are sharing interesting information.

[@claudew182]

Head elevation screw lash was mentioned momentarily. I assume this refers to the head lifting slightly under feed load due to operational clearances in the elevation screw mechanism. Is it significant, and will a board that has not been faced jointed cause the head to bounce repeatedly, resulting in a rippley finish? 3:33

[@philshock3805]

I remember when you were saying the Hammer conversion process was no big deal. My internal thoughts were .... uh-huh, give it time. Great machines if you need to save space but any time using a tool becomes attached to extraneous "processes", you're less likely to use it - or at best, it becomes a chore you dread. I can really relate to "I need to re-mill this one piece real quick". I know they've been around forever but curious to see how the Olivers hold up.

[@georgewilmore7599]

I love my fixed table planer.

[@marcbarash6045]

Thanks Jay

[@emilevoyer123]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

[@stevearmstrong1430]

D-ring on all four corners??? Who'd a thunk??? Jay, I gotta say somethin' I'm convinced you never hear. Genius!!!

[@jeffdeluca1153]

Wonder if the crank and it's post could be swapped out to the opposite corner 🤔

[@bufordtjustice4362]

I have this same planer but branded in Grizzly. By far the best parts of this planer are the fixed table height and lack of noise level. I had the same thought on the hand wheel. I think you can move the handle to which ever post you like but it is going to require some disassembly and resetup of the head block unless all of the lead screws are the same tapped hole on top. I have had the caps off of the posts but i didn't look closely enough to see.

[@MCsCreations]

Pretty impressive machine indeed, Jay! 😃 My shop is pretty small, so I got a 8" (perhaps 9", I don't know) planer and jointer. I agree it's a pain to convert to each configuration... But I just do woodworking for fun, so I guess it's more than enough for now. 😊 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@stlwoodworking]

Yeah I had an issue with the bots with my last giveaway on my channel. Thanks for this. I will be looking to upgrade both in the future for sure. I have a grizzly and Ship fox ( grizzly ) now.

[@ShadowzGSD]

Do not know how i missed that you had another channel. looks like i have a bit of catching up to do.

[@simonhopkins3867]

IOT fridge can you imagine getting a text from it saying (It's done your shopping for you 😂

[@brucewelty7684]

although comments here drive the algo!

[@kevinbrooks783]

Another Great Video, Why not just spin the machine around and feed stock from the other side, Handle on the back?

[@KZ-1155]

Probably due to the On/Off (Especially the OFF) would then be on the opposite side. Unless you could move it, and or add a second Kill Switch? Don't know if that is possible?

[@Lee-qp6gf]

Old brand of equipment and if they are the same you can't beat them.

[@silverbackag9790]

This is the same Taiwan planer that’s sold in gray, green, white, and other colors.

[@garys4777]

No it’s not. Oliver is and has always been an American company. They started in the 1800’s and won a gold medal in world fair in Paris in 1900. They were the first company to make Straitoplane in 1923. Which is a combination planer and jointer that could plane a warped board perfectly flat and straight on both surfaces in one pass. It was copied by all other manufacturers afterwards. Oliver was also one of the first companies to introduce the BYRD cutters as well. They are arguably the most reliable equipment available. Other companies can try and copy their products but it will never be an Oliver.

[@scottkessler5514]

According to Google, this planer is manufactured in Taiwan by Geetech.

[@daviddorman274]

U tube is to expensive

[@kevinwillis6707]

"incredibly annoying" ..... first world problems..