As the title says...I have a Powermatic 208 20" planer that I have had for several years. 5 or 6 years ago I swapped out the straight cutter head for a Byrd helical head. Up until now I have not had any issues with the planer. About 6 months ago we moved and since I set up my new shop I noticed an issue with the planer. When I feed a board in on the right side the board feeds through without issue. When I feed the same thickness board through on the left side it goes in about 6 inches and stops. With a significant amount of pressure on the back end of the board I can get it to continue through the planner. I checked the infeed roller height from the table on both ends and they are within .001 of each other. I did the same with the pressure bar and it also seems to be parallel based on my dial indicator reading. I haven't really adjusted anything at this point for fear of really screwing things up. I was wondering if anyone had an idea what could be causing this issue?
A couple more things. When the piece of stock starts into the left side and stops...if I lower the feedtable by a 1/8 to 1/4 turn the stock will go through. When it comes out the other end you can see where the cutter head has cut into the end of the stock. See the picture below
I can run a piece of wood through the right hand side and take a serious amount of stock off. Not that I normally do this but I noticed I this side it seems I can take an 1/8" but on the left side the board stops when I am trying to take a 1/6 or less.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Brian