Hi all,
Any advice appreciated
On one of my underpinner machines, the wedges are snapping when they fire
12mm wedges, often breaking ( This is when firing with no wood in the clamps, just for testing )
Never seen this before, and we have had alfa, casesse, taurus underpinners over the years
Any suggestions what may be causing this
we have swapped out heads, and still getting the same issue
All advice appreciated
thanks
Jack
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Re: Underpins / Wedges - breaking when firing
I'm tending to think that this might be a problem which the under piner, rather than the wedges! Is the under pinners hammer blade and the wedge receiving block, which the hammer travels up through, looking intact as undamaged? Als, is it only 12mm wedges that are causing this problam? If so, this might be a good time to try a different make of 12mm wedges.
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Re: Underpins / Wedges - breaking when firing
What make of machine?
I'd tend to think you need a new hammer as it's looks as though it's not getting a good contact
with the end of the v-nail and is going around the side.
I'd tend to think you need a new hammer as it's looks as though it's not getting a good contact
with the end of the v-nail and is going around the side.
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