Marunaka GT-Slider Super Surfacer Part 2: Tune Up and Operation

In this video I dig into the super surfacer automatic hand plane and give it a full tune up and service. We finish the assembly, swap and adjust the razor sharp 250mm blades, and take plenty of shavings. Enjoy!
2:54 - Machine Overview
8:29 - Blade removal
12:04 - Autolapper 500 Overview
13:25 - Blade install and adjustment
22:54 - Taking shavings
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[@jancerny6665]

Finally somebody who gives the right care into machines

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Thanks friend :)

[@Fusion_Woodworking]

It's like using a super wide hand plane, but you never get tired.

[@ryanpalmiter6863]

The luckiest man in the world! I've always wanted one of these machines after i saw it used in ishitani's videos!

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Thanks!

[@playlistcocoo]

Hi Ryan, these are available in North America, IMS is their representant :)

[@brianlam8]

@@playlistcocoosearched for this, couldn’t find any evidence of IMS carrying these machines. Have any other info?

[@RyanWattersRyanWatters]

I’m literally here after seeing it in an Ishitani video and searching for “super surfacer.” 😂😂w

[@RyanWattersRyanWatters]

@@playlistcocooNo way! What’s the price range?

[@jonbilling2641]

Awesome deep dive into supersurfacers! The mechanics of these machines with auto-return amaze me. Shooting the wood through one direction, stopping it, shifting the whole blade carriage, and finally shooting the wood back.... there's a lot going on there. Pretty awesome machines.

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Yeah amazing, I should have got a shot of the electronics box, it’s a lot of control circuits

[@arianewell6252]

This is amazing I really would like to have one!

[@WoodByWright]

Man I love those things so cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@boskabiker]

Only recently discovered these machines, absolutely love them! With regards to cutting fluid, I do profile grinding for moulding knives at work and we use Castrol Hyosol T15 mineral oil cutting fluid 👍 You mix 1 part oil to 20 parts water (i.e 500ml oil/10 litres water), adding the oil to the water slowly, stirring continuously

[@ollejonsson7175]

Thanks for the video, such an inspiring and thoughtful walkthrough of the process. I am looking forward to seeing the one on the grinding machine.

[@glennsimpson6749]

1st time seeing one of these and am absolutely blown away!! Awesome piece of machinery and thank you for sharing this with us 👍👍👍👍👍

[@kevinpuliatch4539]

What a great learning experience keep us posted for your next adventures Much gratitude

[@peterkenyonjr]

This is so cool. I love hand planing, but this machine is incredible.

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Me too! This saves some time on big stuff and kumiko for Shoji is faster than the sizing planes. But it’s forced me to focus my development on wide panels

[@Evolucion7]

What a cool machine. The surface on that board was beautiful, and I have a feeling the camera did not do it justice.

[@tirastiligul8597]

Thanks for the video! I have a similar machine from Marunaka - Super Meca! Unfortunately, I do not have an instruction manual. The factory does not respond to emails. Your video closed some of the questions. Thank you very much and good luck in your work

[@muddycamping3284]

What an amazing machine! The history is really cool too! Way to go man!🤙🏽

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Thanks!

[@luapkirner5331]

Super cool, all around.

[@ericofadel]

Holy fuck. This machine is amazing! Great find, man!

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Thanks!

[@SRG-Learn-Makers]

Amazing machine.

[@hindenburgvanrensburg4297]

Always wanted to know what these machines are called. Thanks for sharing. Very excited for you. 🎉🎉

[@ohno.alexvaughan]

Informative and relaxing

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Thanks bud!

[@tirastiligul8597]

And another question! It so happened that I lost the adjustment of the position of the front roller of the end sensor relative to the conveyor. Experimentally we managed to catch the setting, but I’m not sure what’s right. The instructions contain a description of this adjustment! Thank you

[@tdavroraRu]

Супер отличный станок! А запах стружки лучше всякого парфюма!

[@ericlipps7152]

I would imagine some of those giant shavings could be used as veneer.

[@Neverstopbuilding]

I think perhaps too thin, they are like tissue paper

[@tirastiligul8597]

The replacement blade from Kanefusa has an interesting unusual cutting edge. Have you measured what kind of resource the knife has? I mean: running meters on a certain wood

[@azsqa6286]

Thanks for this video! So this machine is something that you’d use after thicknessing instead of say a drum sander?

[@brucebellows7772]

Any machine shop that operates a surface grinding machine will ve able to help you with grinding fluids.

[@Theuniverseisstrange]

What’s cooler is a double sided planer from stiles machinery.

[@TobyWanKenoby]

Do you know if these machines are sold in the US? Be interested to get one for my woodworking shop. Great deal to get a used one with that history !

[@neffk]

Really interesting video. For the rough pass, is the chip breaker set correctly? I though the shaving would be limp if it was set close enough to the cutting edge. Well, maybe that's only for thin shavings. I'm chuckling about the quality of wood that I've used for projects. Most boards I've worked with don't want to be rough planed against the grain. It seems like there's a assumption of super high quality wood built into this machine. Looking forward to upcoming projects!

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Yeah I hope to fiddle with it more and thin down the shaving as far as “rough” goes I think it more means like initial pass. You could imagine the first and second shavings remove the mill marks from power planner, and the finish pass as a fully smooth cut.

[@newtonframes]

I would put those shavings directly on my printer

[@reedplanes728]

Great video! I just purchased a Hitachi small bench top super surfacer 180 mm blade and there is manual so you video is a great help for me in setting up the machine. What is the rubber renewer you are using on the belt?

[@Neverstopbuilding]

I think I got it off Amazon, it’s called that, rubber renew, it’s for like printing press rollers I think, it softens old rubber, seems to work, smells like it causes cancer

[@reedplanes728]

@@Neverstopbuilding Thanks I will get some

[@Jayson1940D14]

Let me know if you ever want to sell the machine!

[@craigwies9750]

How often are you having to sharpen and hone those blades?

[@WelshPigeon]

what voltage does it use and do you know if they make them for US and European markets? very interesting video!

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Yes there is an importer in Canada at least, mine wants 200-210 3phase

[@BeelineCNC]

The shop I work at has a simpler Marunaka that probably hasn’t been used since our last Ellison project 😂. Would be curious to know what shop yours came from.

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Oh I though I mentioned it, high country timber frames

[@tuzserhu]

it was first brought to a shop in Lodi - to lessen Joinery structures workload - to build and surface the shoji for the guest house. @@Neverstopbuilding

[@petrsidlo7614]

might be a stupid question, but anyway: since it cuts both ways, the grain direction doesnt matter?

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Nah great question. So far with sharp blades and a good set up with the chip breaker it seems fine, generally I do consider the direction and might only run things one way if flat sawn grain. But if it’s mostly VG I orient it so the reverse, finishing pass is into falling grain to reduce possibility of tear out.

[@augustwest8559]

Alaskan yellow cedar?

[@altann1]

What did you treat the machine surface with to make it so smooth after sanding?

[@Neverstopbuilding]

I use bostik glide coat

[@altann1]

Thanks!

[@tonyb83]

Can ig be used to thickness the wood?

[@Neverstopbuilding]

Not really, only by a very small amount. Just a finishing process

[@alexwhite5724]

Whats the difference between this and the thicknesser ?

[@Neverstopbuilding]

This puts a finish on the wood, the planer/thicknesser sizes the material but it isn’t a finished surface.

[@joshwillis5893]

Today on How It's Made - Artisanal Toilet Paper.

[@fearlyenrage]

Warning! When you use the machine suck away all the cutting liquid vapors made from the grinding or your lungs will get allergic to any kind of dusts. Buddy of mine worked with such machines and has for years now a very bad health because of the cutting liquid vapors. They kind of knew it but dint do anything to avoid it. Bye bye lung-health.

[@trex283]

So quiet!