Chip jamming between mouth and blade

[Brian Keith]

I just purchased a used #7 to flatten my bench top. Tuned it up, sharpened the blade and went to use it. I can make a couple of passes but then the chips start to jam in the mouth and I cant figure out how to fix this problem. Ant ideas would be helpful. Thanks

[jerry nazard]

Brian,

Could be any of the following:

Mouth is too closed.
Taking too deep a cut.
Chipbreaker set too far front or back and/or rough on leading edge.
Rough area on inside of mouth front.
Gummy oil residue anywhere on or around mouth.

Hope you can locate and correct the problem!

[Ray Sheley]

Fit between Chipbreaker and blade may have gaps which allows chips to become logged in gap and subsequently jams those following behind.

(Don't ask me how I know!)

[Pam Niedermayer]

All of the above, but also make sure your blade is super sharp.

Pam

[Brian Kent]

This is all too complicated and I've never been to Maine. How about if you just send me a ticket to fly over and I'll see if I can help you out?

[Jim Koepke]

Recently had a similar problem caused by a burr on the chip breaker. The chips started bunching up in one spot and clogging the area. A bit of chip breaker tuning took care of the problem.

jim