Hand Planer Jammed up...help!

[Melch]

Hi All. I have a Festool EHL 65 EQ Planer that I foolishly managed to get my t-shirt jammed up in (got wrapped around the cutter block shaft) No problem I think, I'll pull it apart and get the bits of cotton out. Problem is I can't seem to get the cutter block out. Has anyone had one apart and can give me pointers. It may be that it is jammed up and stopping the block from moving but I am loath to start forcing things. I've undone everything I can see without much joy. (I have doors to hang on Tuesday so am a little desperate). Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Melch]

[big grin] Panic over. No way to get block out without special tools it would seem (inaccessible circlip being the issue). I removed the cutter knife, plugged it in and span it up, this dragged out most of the fabric and I was able to pick out the rest.
Moral of this story – tuck your shirt in when using sharp spinny things!

 

[Birdhunter]

My first month on the job as a young engineer and I was making notes on a strip chart recorder. This machine produces traces on a very long piece of graph paper. The marked paper is rolled up on a rod as the recording progresses.

As did all of us engineers, I was wearing a tie. So intent as I was on making the correct notations that I didn't notice that my tie was being rolled up along with the graph paper roll. I felt a insistent tug pulling my head downward.

Only then did I realize my dilemma. Others in the  room were watching this drama unfold. As my chin was getting far too close to the roller, one of my cohorts deftly severed my tie. My short tie earned me a lot of looks and laughs the rest of the day.

It's a good thing you were not hurt. My short tie and your torn shirt are good safety reminders.

 

[semenza]

Hi,

  Welcome to the forum!  [smile]

  Glad that worked out. Thanks for the reminder on the shirt  [eek]

    Good thing it wasn't the 850 it might have sucked you in with the shirt.  [blink]  [big grin]

Seth

 

[semenza]

My first month on the job as a young engineer and I was making notes on a strip chart recorder. This machine produces traces on a very long piece of graph paper. The marked paper is rolled up on a rod as the recording progresses.

As did all of us engineers, I was wearing a tie. So intent as I was on making the correct notations that I didn't notice that my tie was being rolled up along with the graph paper roll. I felt a insistent tug pulling my head downward.

Only then did I realize my dilemma. Others in the  room were watching this drama unfold. As my chin was getting far too close to the roller, one of my cohorts deftly severed my tie. My short tie earned me a lot of looks and laughs the rest of the day.

It's a good thing you were not hurt. My short tie and your torn shirt are good safety reminders.

    I see a new screen name in that story  [poke]  [big grin]

Seth

 

[Melch]

Hi,

  Welcome to the forum!  [smile]

  Glad that worked out. Thanks for the reminder on the shirt  [eek]

    Good thing it wasn't the 850 it might have sucked you in with the shirt.  [blink]  [big grin]

Seth

Thanks for the welcome Seth. I guess a wake up call where you don't actually get hurt is a good reminder. Cost me a shirt though (and a bit of hand planing).  [smile]

 

[Sparktrician]

My first month on the job as a young engineer and I was making notes on a strip chart recorder. This machine produces traces on a very long piece of graph paper. The marked paper is rolled up on a rod as the recording progresses.

As did all of us engineers, I was wearing a tie. So intent as I was on making the correct notations that I didn't notice that my tie was being rolled up along with the graph paper roll. I felt a insistent tug pulling my head downward.

Only then did I realize my dilemma. Others in the  room were watching this drama unfold. As my chin was getting far too close to the roller, one of my cohorts deftly severed my tie. My short tie earned me a lot of looks and laughs the rest of the day.

It's a good thing you were not hurt. My short tie and your torn shirt are good safety reminders.

That reminds me of a teletype repairman I knew back in the late 60s.  He had long hair when the phone company began allowing it.  One of his colleagues told me that this fellow was getting very frustrated working on an old type 28 ASR teletype and he thought the long-haired guy was banging his head on the machine in frustration for a brief interval.  Turns out that the guy's long hair had been caught in the main rotating shaft and was pulling his head down hard against the machine's case.  I think he learned a valuable lesson that day... 

 

[mastercabman]

After reading the OP I only had a vision in mind...
The " home improvement " show back in the 90's with Tim Allen and he's talking about loose  clothe when working with power tools
He was standing in front of a spinning lathe and his shirt got caught in it!    [big grin]

 

[Melch]

After reading the OP I only had a vision in mind...
The " home improvement " show back in the 90's with Tim Allen and he's talking about loose  clothe when working with power tools
He was standing in front of a spinning lathe and his shirt got caught in it!    [big grin]

It's a one piece lycra suit for me from now on. I may not get much work as a result though  [big grin]

 

[Birdhunter]

Seriously, I never wear loose clothing or long sleeve shirts around power tools.

 

[rst]

Melch, let us know how much faster the Lycra makes you, after all thats why the skiers, runners and swimmers wear it.

 

[Melch]

Melch, let us know how much faster the Lycra makes you, after all thats why the skiers, runners and swimmers wear it.

Will do! Although I've a feeling it may make the customers fast....running out the door when they see me.  ;D

 

[Melch]

Seriously, I never wear loose clothing or long sleeve shirts around power tools.

Not even tie-dye loon pants?

 

[Holmz]

I saw a fellow get his jacket caught on a ski lift.
It was not a fun day for him, but I recall it vividly still.

 

[Discap]

One more reason to wear only Spandex to work

[scared]

 

[Gwerner]

It's pretty close to Festool green  [cool]