Help needed, Craftsman wood planer.

[suther51]

When i get a chance I will look at a book I have that is a collection of articals from the us forest service, there Is a section on jointing planer blades, it may have a some info on surface feet per minute of cutter blades for wood. Barring that I have an old Montgomery wards joiner with what might be a similar size head in it to use as a referance. As long as you do not drive the cutter head so fast that you burn the knives (heat to the point of drawing the temper) the rpm is not overly critical in a non production situation. The wadkin molders where I used to work would jam and stop feeding, the knives would burn real fast. The finish of the molding stock would suffer as a result. In the neighborhood of 1725 rpm may be good if i remember that the pulleys are of equal size on my 6 inch jointer. Hope you find your answer.
Eric