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16
MAINTENANCE/ADJUSTMENTS
FIGURE 21
FIGURE 22
FIGURE 23
5. Place the magnetized end of the wrench
PC5
at the
center of the knife. Lift the wrench until the knife
H
separates from the pins. Remove the knife.
6. Repeat STEPS 3 through 5 to remove the other two
knives. Press down the cutterhead lock release
F15
and
use the supplied wrench
PC5
to rotate the cutterhead
until the lock engages and the next knife is in position
to be removed.
7. IMPORTANT: After removing all knives from
cutterhead, carefully set them aside. Using a cloth rag
and isopropyl alcohol, carefully clean the cutterhead,
knives and hold-down bars to remove all gum, tar and
pitch residue. Take special care to clean the cutterhead
under the knife area and the cutterhead radius in front
of the knife area. Doing this will increase the life of
your planer.
Remember to wear gloves while handling
knives.
8. Take this time also to clean the rollers
I
, see Figure
23.
9. Your unit is equipped with double-edged knives. If the
second edge of the knife has not been used, rotate
the knife 180 degrees and replace on the cutterhead.
Replace the knives if both sides have been used.
10. Attach the hold-down bar
F
Figure 21 that you
removed in STEP 4. Tighten all fasteners securely
E
.
11. Depress the cutterhead lock release
F15
and rotate the
cutterhead to the next empty position until the
cutterhead lock engages.
12. Repeat steps 9 through 11 to replace the other knives.
13. Reattach the dust deflector or dust collection
attachment.
PC5
F15
E
F
H
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