Checking/Adjusting Cutterhead Guard - Grizzly G0604Z Owner's Manual

Checking/Adjusting
Cutterhead Guard
The cutterhead guard is a critical safety
feature of this jointer. You MUST verify its
operation before using the jointer! Failure
to properly install this guard will greatly
increase risk of serious personal injury.
The cutterhead guard is designed to reduce the
risk of accidental contact with hands or fingers
with the spinning cutterhead. When properly
installed and functioning correctly, the guard auto-
matically rotates clear of the cutterhead during the
cutting operation and then springs back over the
cutterhead as soon as the operation is complete.
In order to function as intended, the guard must
be installed as low as possible over the infeed
table without actually touching it (approximately
⁄ " above infeed table), and it must have enough
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spring tension at the mounting shaft to quickly
reposition itself against the fence after it is rotated
away from the cutterhead and released. Before
performing rabbeting operations, adjust guard
height to just clear outfeed table.
Items Needed
Work Gloves .................................................1 Pr.
Hex Wrenches 4, 6mm ................................1 Ea.
Straight Jaw Pliers 10" ...................................... 1
Model G0604Z (Mfd. Since 02/24)
To check/adjust cutterhead guard:
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
1.
Loosen fence lock, move fence all the way
2.
back, then tighten fence lock.
Pull cutterhead guard back and let it go. It
3.
should spring back over cutterhead and rest
against fence (see Figure 41).
— If cutterhead guard does spring back
over cutterhead and rest against fence,
cutterhead guard is properly tensioned.
Proceed to Step 7.
— If cutterhead guard does not spring back
over cutterhead and rest against fence,
proceed to Step 4.
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Figure 41. Cutterhead guard against fence.
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