I've been living with snipe on my old Jet JPM-13 planer for some time now. The planer is about 10 years old. Over the years, I've tried all the available adjustments, using measured blocks as the manual suggests and tweaking the rollers in various ways. I just can't seem to get rid of the problem. It seems that it is worse when I take thinner cuts. So, that made me think that the rollers should be lowered. That didn't work. I added some extension tables. I tried tilting up the out-feed table slightly, which was one suggestion I heard. The snipe is usually on the trailing end of the board. It happens on long boards, short boards, medium boards... It has been this way from the start.
Q1. Does anyone own one of these and know the secret to reducing it's
snipe?
Q2. What is the absolute best 15" or 20" planer out there? My guess is that I have cut off enough sniped lumber ends to pay for a new planer already...