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ENGLISH
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TOP FLAT
BOTTOM FLAT
Fig.N
To Plane Bowed Wood (Fig. O)
The feed rollers and cutterhead in your planer will push
the bow out of the material as it feeds. However, when the
material exits the planer, the pressure of the rollers and
cutterhead will release allowing the wood to spring back
into a bowed formation. To properly remove the bow, use
ajointer.
BOWED WOOD WILL BE FLATTENED BY FEED ROLLERS
AND CUTTERHEAD…
…BUT BOW WILL RETURN AFTER WOOD
ISPLANED
Fig.O
MAINTENANCE
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, turn unit off and disconnect it from
power source before making any adjustments or
removing/installing attachments or accessories.
An accidental start-up can causeinjury.
Periodic Maintenance
1. Routinely check the tool for damage or brokenparts.
2. Clean the top cover, dust shroud and all accessible areas
of the unit of dust and wood debris that have collected
in fromplaneing.
3. Wipe off infeed and outfeedrollers.
4. Clean base table. Light waxing will help wood material
pass through theplaner.
5. Evaluate blade sharpness condition. Replace
asnecessary.
6. Gauge Calibration, check thickness gauge calibration
and turret stopcalibration.
7. Check brushes for wear and replace asnecessary.
Changing or Rotating the Planer Knives
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, disconnect the planer from the power
source before attempting to change or access the
knives. An accidental start-up can causeinjury.
To Change Planer Knives (Fig. P–U)
1. Use the T-wrench to remove the four screws in the top
of theplaner.
2. Lift the top off (Fig.P) and place itaside.
Fig.P
3. Remove the three wing nuts that seal the dust shroud
over thecutterhead.
4. Rotate the dust shroud up so the round connection
that locks onto the fan housing is in the open position
(Fig.Q).
Fig.Q
5. Push the dust shroud to the left so it disengages from
the fanhousing.
6. Take the dust shroud out of the unit (Fig.R) and set
itaside.
Fig.R
7. The cutterhead is nowexposed. If the eight screws in
the cutterhead clamp are not visible, use a piece of
scrap wood to carefully rotate the cutterhead (Fig.S)
until the screws are accessible and the cutterhead lock
lever
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engages. This will prevent further rotation of
the cutterhead as you change theknives.
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