Safety; Operation - Metabo ELEKTRA BECKUM Multi 260 S Operating Instructions Manual

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Work area preparation
Ensure the removal of all not required
objects from the work area:
1. Saw blade and blade guard fully
retracted and covered by table
insert?
2. Mitre fence dismounted?
3. Cutter fence completely
mounted?
4. Cutter spindle fully retracted and
covered by table rings and insert?
Dust collection attachment installa-
tion
The dust collection attachment consists
of two parts, the suction port (36) and
the dust chute (37). The duist chute is
attached to a cantilever arm. The suction
port is put on the dust chute.
1. Set infeed table (38) with lever (39)
to 4 mm planing thickness.
2. Swing dust chute over the cutter-
block as illustrated. Both prongs of
the dust chute must fit into the
recesses to the left and right of the
cutterblock.
37
36
3. Set infeed table with lever to 0 mm
planing thickness.
4. Connect a suitable dust collector to
the suction port.
7.2

Safety

Safety Devices
•
Dust collection attachment
The dust collection attachment (40) pre-
vents that the rotating cutterblock can be
touched when thickness planing.
40
41
•
Anti-kickback lock
The anti-kickback lock (41) (inside the
planer, not visible) prevents the work-
piece from being thrown back against
the operator by the rotating cutterblock.
All fingers of the anti-kickback lock must
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end in a point at their lower end.
All anti-kickback fingers must automati-
cally return to their rest position (down-
wards).
Information for a safe operation
Danger!
Drawing-in/trapping hazard!
dis-
− Never reach with your hands into
the machine when guiding the work-
piece!
− Use a feeding aid (push stick) if you
want to feed short stock into the
thicknesser. Stock to be thicknessed
must be at least 200 mm long.
− Guide a workpiece on the outfeed
side if it has been fed so far into the
thicknesser that it can no longer be
safely guided from the infeed side.
− Remove stuck stock only after motor
has come to a complete stop and
the machine is unplugged.
Risk of kickback
Risk of injury by workpiece
kickback (workpiece is caught by the
rotating cutterblock and thrown back
against the operator):
38
− Do not jam workpieces.
− Operate machine only with a fully
39
functional anti-kickback lock.
− Always use sharp cutter knives.
− If in doubt check workpiece for inclu-
sion of foreign objects (e.g. nails,
screws, lose knots).
− Always plane the workpiece over its
entire length.
− Do not thickness plane more than
two workpieces at the same time.
Risk of injury by touching the
rotating cutterblock:
− Always cover the cutterblock with
the the dust collection attachment
when the machine is used as thick-
ness planer.
7.3

Operation

1. Loosen locking screw (42) and set
planing thickness with the hand-
wheel (43).
− The thicknesser bed adjusts in a
range from 4 mm to 155 mm.
− One full revolution of the handwheel
moves the thicknesser bed by
4.7 mm.
44
43 42
2. Tighten locking screw (42) again.
3. To thickness plane stock which sur-
faces are not parallel, use suitable
feeding aids (make fitting tem-
plates).
4. The thicknesser feed must be
switched on for thickness planing. If
this is not the case, lift lever (44) and
push it in.
5. Start motor.
6. Assume proper operating position:
to feed the workpiece into the
machine, position yourself offset to
one side of the feed opening.
7. Feed workpiece slowly and straight
into the thicknesser. It will then be
automatically fed through the thick-
nesser.
8. Guide workpiece straight through
the thicknesser.
To remove the workpiece from the
machine, position yourself offset to
one side of the outfeed opening.
9. Switch machine off if no further plan-
ing is to be done immediately after-
wards.
Workpiece dimensions
•
Length: min. 200 mm.
•
Width: max. 259 mm.
•
Thickness: min 4 mm;
max. 155 mm.
Tips and Tricks
•
Plane stock with the grain, if possi-
ble.
•
Use roller supports on both sides of
the planer/thicknesser when work-
ing long stock.
•
When thickness planing it is better
to make several passes with little
chip removal, than making only few
passes with a high depth of cut.
•
Keep surfaces of planing beds clean
– in particular, remove resin residue