Anybody remember those Palmgren Planers?

[Randy C]

Are there any old timers on here who remember way back when a lot of WoodNetters bought a Palmgren planer? Does anyone know if there is any way to obtain any parts for these machines? I was using mine today when it coughed up some plastic fan blades that were part of the sawdust evacuation duct. I don’t think there are parts available but I sure would like to fix this planer. It has been a very good planer.

Thanks

[Gary G™]

I’m not familiar with Palmgren but google is:
https://palmgren.com/

[kurt18947]

I'm not familiar with Palmgren planers though Gary's post looks like a decent place to start. Do you have dust/chip collection? What kind? The reason I ask is that people with DeWalt 735 planers with good dust collection - an actual dust collector not a shop vac - sometimes remove the integral fan to help with the 735's noise. If your planer is a similar configuration to the DW735 maybe you could simply remove the fan wheel.

Edit: I went to Palmgren.com out of curiosity. That does not look promising, it looks like Palmgren is metal working stuff today. I looked at their parts category and it was slim pickin's.

[Randy C]

I'm not familiar with Palmgren planers though Gary's post looks like a decent place to start. Do you have dust/chip collection? What kind? The reason I ask is that people with DeWalt 735 planers with good dust collection - an actual dust collector not a shop vac - sometimes remove the integral fan to help with the 735's noise. If your planer is a similar configuration to the DW735 maybe you could simply remove the fan wheel.

Edit: I went to Palmgren.com out of curiosity. That does not look promising, it looks like Palmgren is metal working stuff today. I looked at their parts category and it was slim pickin's.

I’m not familiar with the dust collection on the DeWalt 735 but on my planer it has what looks to be a plastic fan that  is located inside the machine near the roller that has the cutters on it. All the blades on the fan appear to be sheared off. I assume that fan helped to propel the chips out of the duct system. It  still ejects some chips but a lot of chips are not ejected and seem to be clogging up around a belt inside the machine. 

Your mentioning about putting a dust collection system to the chute was something I had thought about. I think my 5 gal garage vacuum would possibly help with the problem but I would need to find some type of connection that would bridge the gap. The vacuum has about a 3” hose but the dust chute on the planer is rectangular in shape, about 2 by 3 “.

[CARYinWA]

Bet I could 3D print one with pictures and measurements.

[Randy C]

Bet I could 3D print one with pictures and measurements.

Cary, I got out my manual and it does not really show a good picture of the fan. But, I  could possibly take what’s left of the fan base and the blades pieces and take a picture and send it to you so you could determine if you thought you could make one.  Could possibly even send you the actual parts. I will look at my planer some more this week. Currently the planer works, just doesn’t eject all the chips like it should and I have to blow it out with every pass of a board. I’m not sure it would still work if I remove the fan base because I’m assuming the base is somehow connected to a belt of some type that causes it to rotate.
I’ll look into this more this week. Thanks for offering to try to help with the problem. I’ll get back to you about it.

[BpB123]

“The vacuum has about a 3” hose but the dust chute on the planer is rectangular in shape, about 2 by 3 “.

I cannot help on the fan, but if you go the shop vac route, I have a few ideas to consider

I have had a bit of success using PVC pipe and a heat gun to make adapters for hand held sander connections. Start with a pipe about 3” and a 2x4 trimmed down

Another idea going the other way is look at home center rain gutter fittings (rectangular) and using the heat gun on the other end to make the round connection. You can make the opening smaller with a water hose clamp

Hope it helps

[Randy C]

“The vacuum has about a 3” hose but the dust chute on the planer is rectangular in shape, about 2 by 3 “.

I cannot help on the fan, but if you go the shop vac route, I have a few ideas to consider

I have had a bit of success using PVC pipe and a heat gun to make adapters for hand held sander connections. Start with a pipe about 3” and a 2x4 trimmed down

Another idea going the other way is look at home center rain gutter fittings (rectangular) and using the heat gun on the other end to make the round connection. You can make the opening smaller with a water hose clamp

Hope it helps

Sounds like a good idea to start. Thanks

[wjt]

Sounds like a good idea to start. Thanks

Another method as shown below. I have several of these for connecting hoses and dust ports of different sizes. Easy to make just the right size and shape.

I use 3/4" pine. It has just a little bit of 'give'

Glue the two halves together and you have a customized adapter.

[GNP]

I have the Palmgren planer. I adapted a 4 in dust hose to mine. Took a pvc adapter designed to go on gutter downspout and add wood blocks in it so it would fit on the planer. Got the pvc adapter at Lowes. The adapter is square on one end and round on the other.