Metabo DH330 planer knife design flaw - Major issue so check your knives!
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- Metabo DH330 planer knife design flaw is a candidate for a helical cutter block upgrade?
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I had this exact same thing happen to my Metabo DH 330. I was using it to flatten a 25 cm wide oak beam. Everything was going fine until the beam got stuck. When I got it out there was big groove in the wood. After turning it on again it made a screeching sound and smoke was coming out and I thought I broke the engine. After pulling off the plastic clover I noticed the wooden chips nested between the blade and the metal cover and as a result, one of the bolts became loose and started scratching the frame which probably caused the smoke.
I'll definitely be checking my blades now before each use now.
Blimey thats a bummer
Great video! Have used mine for about 4 months, no worries. But we sent quite long structural timber through it the other day and the poor fella just feels like it is not operating to the standard I got used to, will defos check this out.
Thanks for sharing... You may need to make new clamps xx
Very glad people like you talk about those things, ordered mine today and I will make sure to check that regularly.
Thank you so much for the advice 👍
Hope you enjoy it!
How is your experience after 9 months of use. Did you confront this same problems?
@@matijaakaprinc nope, I checked regularly and after putting this machinw through its pace it still didn't show any signs. I'd recommend it
@@SilverShinepony still holding up?
Interesting video, I am wondering does the thickness planer model have same problem?
I have this exact model and have to just warn people about the blades. I bought a spare set of blades at the same time I bought the thicknesser, knowing I'd go through blades eventually, and well now I see that they don't fit. Admittedly I live in the butt-crack corner of the world, which is why I bought spate blades with the machine, but beware, just because the packaging says it'll fit a DH330, don't necessarily trust it. The blades for a DH330 model shown here are 332x12x1.5. I bought blades that are labelled by Metabo as being for the DH330, but that are 334x16x2. They do not fit. I vaguelly like their products but I won't buy Metabo again. This just passed me off
Do you know, that they have to types of blades for the DH330? The one type, who is installed if you buy it. These are single use blades, sharpened on both sides. Then they have other ones, which are sharpened only on one side, and can be sharpened again. If you want to install these, you need some sort of conversion kit, as far as I know. I just looked up the german Metabo Side, and can only find the single use one. Perhaps the other ones aren‘t available anymore, and you managed to receive these.
@@OneSingleBreath I read somewhere that there are blades for "old" model machines - prior to 2006 and for "new" model machines - after 2005 ....hmmmm ..... should be easier to identify the model' year...
Holy crap! I'll be checking my planer right away (when I get home)! I loved it at the start, but right now it's gone absolutely useless, so I was planning on taking the knives out and turn them around anyway, but I might just go all the way and install the helical head I got for it instead! Thought I'd wear out the blades first and see how it performs without the helical so I can compare and then bask in the glory of the upgrade, but it seems this issue has bumped it right up my to-do list! Thanks for that :)
Sorry Dirk xxx
Did you ever swap the blades to a spiral cutter? Looking at the cost it seems the the blades are more expensive than the actual machine. I used to have Triton thicknesser and i thought this machine was an upgrade. Feels like I went backwards. 😪
@@joemcteer2897 you bought this one? And now you feel you went backwards? I only have read good reviews about this planer actually first complain I sse. How is it holding up?
Thanks for making this video... although there are many people complaining on the forums about this design flaw somehow there is 0 videos on UA-cam about this issue.. it's weird that despite some of the earliest posts I could find about this problem date some 7-8 years ago Metabo has never made a correction or even acknowledged the issue.. I wonder if one could make a thicker retaining plate which will be stronger in keeping the blade down or is it the fact that the blade is so thin that it just bends.. more alarmingly many users report having this issue after using the machine with soft wood only such as pine... I have ordered the same thicknesses from a local supplier and they are expecting delivery around the 20th .. now I'm seriously considering buying something else such a Dewalt or Makita... the price of the DH330 is too attractive but I'm not sure if I want to deal with such issues..
rimmerak.wgz.cz/rubriky/technika/metabo-dh330-fix
@@WallyboisWoodworking Unfortunately this link doesn't seem to be working for me. I was just about to get this thicknesser because it seemed to be decent quality and within my budget (if barely) but now I am filled once again with existential dread.
I was about to order one of these as I felt they were the best of the lunchbox style units but the bending of the blades is a poor design. Just seen there is one made by Axminster AW318BT and the blade fixing plates look cast, certainly don't look like they will allow flex at all.
I made new steel plate clamps which work well
I am considering the Metabo to replace my 110volt Harbor freight 6 year old . It appears the cutter head is identical and I have never had this problem Blades seem to last about a year (not particularly heavy use but I did clean up 10, 200mm x 28 mm 2.4 meter rough cut oak). Could the Gib plate have been distorted from the start ?
I’m thinking of buying one of these so would you not recommend it ? Thanks
I'm actually looking for such a machine, and I read a lot of posts on forums. Except this video on UA-cam, and 2 or 3 posts on forums, I didn't found so much about customers being impacted by this design flaw. I would even say that most of them are very happy with this Metabo DH330, even after some month or years of use (and yes, some of them have use it on Oak). That makes me think that this major issue is not general on every machine. Could it be a problem of initial wrong blade positionning ? Or an incorrect tightening of the plates ??
I recently bought this exact machine and after planing two lengths of pine, I already had a nick in the blade. On disassembly I found the EXACT same fault here. After cleaning things out and reversing the blade to the fresh side, ensuring that everything was tightened up again, it immediately did it again. The knives this planer comes with are garbage, already looking to upgrade with a helical blade.
Have this model and during very first "blades refreshing" ive noticed the same problem - maybe just a bit less serious than yours :-| What is more - main motor wheel (dont know exact name) has gotten loose and ruined V-belt. I could screw it back on but because of horrible placement of the wheel it requires dismounting almost whole machine! Im very dissapointed not only with this thicknesser but now im bit reluctant to buy anything from metabo..
Just looked at your Video on removing the blades. The original Metabo Planner was made in Germany. Mine was purchased about 2010 and was the last made in Germany after that they started manufacturing them in China ! It will be interesting as Im about to change my blades as they have a few nicks but have done a lot of work ! Cheers
Thanks for the info!
@@WallyboisWoodworking Had the blades out, no chips behind the locking bar but it did have a general bend, I would say its done in manufacturing, my blades are double sided which I didn't expect ! Just turned them around and back to work !
Having the same trouble with my DH330. The backing plates just aren’t strong enough. It doesn’t look as though Metebo are doing anything about it. After about 1 hour or less of use, the blades are jammed again with shavings.Metedo should by rights supply replacements free of charge, but that wouldn’t cure the problem. A stronger plate is required. I take the blades out and straighten the backing plates with a hammer, but it just happens again. Come on Metebo….sort it. Al’s beehives
It is possible to make stiffer backings from flat plate steel...I will be doing that too
This maybe a silly comment but and you probably already know but I think with these machines not being big powerful floorstanding types the wood must go in with the grain? Is it scuping chunks under the blade? Against the grain?
EXACTLY !!!!!
stripping mine down today. was thicknessing oak planks yesterday, was all good until the last one.,
there is a solution xx
@@WallyboisWoodworking mine was fine, just the cutters needed reversing. they are cracking machines to be fair. well worth the money. bought a load of cutters so i'm not tempted to keep feeding timber through blunt ones. That's probably a reason for the warping.
Any idea on how to adjust the chain on a metabo dh330 planer and thicknesser after cog replacement ?
Sorry never had to do it on the DH330
Hello !!! I am new to the hd330 and i already have a problem... I think the blades are bend because of the backing plates... As a result when i plane a piece of wood that covers the entire bed, material is removed off the edges of the piece and not in the midle... Is there a solution to it or is the only solution to buy a spiral cutterhead?... Mind you i only have the planer for a mounth but i only plane hard woods... Please excuse my English and thank you in advance
Let me check, but you need to change the clamps with flat bar
Hello, is it possible to install a helical head instead of the straight knives blade?
I don't see why not but you would need a specialist block.
Helical would be a great upgrade considering this machine only has two knives
I got them made: @t
@@evilutionltd cool, let me see xx
@@WallyboisWoodworking nope- they made a direct replacement.
www.sheartak.com/Metabo/Spiral_Cutterhead_Metabo_DH330_Bench_Thicknesser_OEM
have you found a fix for that. and if you used rimmeraks suggestion with 4mm plate does it work
I am going to try it and will post my findings. I do agree the backing plate is the issue but would like to see thicker knives. Thanks
@@WallyboisWoodworking I was thinking of getting thicker blades as well but not sure about clearences
@@MsIndycar I think there are 2mm thick blades for an earlier model but the backing plates will need to be upgraded
@@WallyboisWoodworking I've read something about older model 10 has better system. Maybe blades on that model are 2mm thick.
There is a simple fix.....insert wood with the grain in the right direction !. So many things can go wrong and blamed on tools .Yet its miss use most of the time
What size hex key is it to get blades off. I think I might of rounded one today
I think it's 4 millimeters
@@WallyboisWoodworking it was. Cheers. Rounded it off and managed to get it out with an easy out luckily. All fixed now
Glad you got it sorted xx
6:25 just make it that tight, until your allen key starts twisting, take it from me
Just bought same model faulty company not answering messages looks like going back.thought Titan was bad make not happy wouldn't recomend
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Thanks really appreciate it 😊
After i turned my blades the machine sounded like shit. What the fuck can it be? I just replaced everything like it was before exept for the blades that i rotated 180 degrees.
Does it make the noise when passing wood?
@@WallyboisWoodworking hi, thanks for your reply.
The sound come imediate after turning the machine on. No wood. Sound like metal against metal or some brutal imbalance or something. It seems impossible for the metal to come in contact with other parts since the blades cant get wrong with the guiding holes.
The Metabo Video Tutorial does touch on this issue around 3:30 in - ua-cam.com/video/_ETYOZ-e6R8/v-deo.html
Another link which won't work for me. I'm beginning to think my computer just doesn't like to follow links.
Hi it’s Nick9toes I am in my garage and I have just seen you taking your metabo DH330 apart . I was going to buy the same model on Friday but I shall have to pick up another ? Model. I will let you know if I can find one as good or better for about the same PRICE the problem is which 1. It took me long enough to find this one ⏱🌋🚀 . Thanks Nick9toes.ps Hope ever thing works out .keep your ras clean 🧽
Ditto