Delta 13" PORTABLE PLANER 22-590 Instruction Manual page 10

HOW TO USE THE MATERIAL REMOVAL GAUGE
Your planer is equipped with a material removal gauge (A) Fig. 15. It is used to indicate the amount of wood that will
be removed in one pass with the carriage set at its current height. The material removal gauge reads across the entire
width of the planer head.
1. Slide approximately 3" of the workpiece (B) Fig. 15
under the middle of the carriage.
2. Be sure that the workpiece is lying fl at against the
base of the planer. If the workpiece is inserted at an
angle, the reading may be inaccurate.
3. Lower the carriage on the workpiece until the material
removal bar engages the wood. You will see the red
arrow moving up the scale to indicate the amount to
be removed with the carriage at that height.
4. Adjust the carriage height until the desired depth of
cut appears on the gauge.
5. Pull the material out from under the carriage.
6. Turn the unit on and feed your material into the cutter
head.
NOTE: Do not exceed the recommended depth of cut for various widths of material, shown in the "RECOMMENDED
DEPTH OF CUT" section below.
Do not turn the unit "ON" with the workpiece in position.
RECOMMENDED DEPTH OF CUT
NOTE: One revolution of the cutterhead adjusting
handle will move the cutterhead up or down 1/16"
(1.6 mm).
You can make a 1/8" (3.2 mm) depth-of-cut in soft
woods up to 6" (152mm) wide and in hard woods up to
4" (102 mm) wide. (Fig. 16)
For 6" (152 mm) through 13" (330 mm) wide soft wood,
use a maximum depth-of-cut of 1/16" (1.6 mm). For 6"
(152 mm) through 13" (330 mm) wide hard wood, use a
maximum depth-of-cut of 3/64" (1.2 mm) (Fig. 16).
IMPORTANT: A shallow depth-of-cut will produce a
better finish.
HOW TO USE THE DEPTH STOP
Your planer is equipped with a depth stop (A) Fig. 17 for repetitive planing. Any thickness between 1/8" and 1-1/4" can
be selected using the scale on the depth stop. Detents are provided at 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", 1", and 1-1/4".
To set the minimum depth to which the carriage can trav-
el with the depth stop:
1. Check to see that the carriage is set above 1-1/4"
before trying to set the depth stop.
2. Turn the dial on the front left of the planer until the
desired thickness setting aligns with the indicator line
(B) Fig. 17.
3. Lock the gauge in place by turning the wheel on the
inside of the gauge (Inset – Fig. 17).
4. Plane the workpiece at desired increments until the
correct fi nal thickness is achieved.
NOTE: Do not use force to lower the carriage below the
level that the depth stop indicates. Permanent damage to
the height adjustment system on your planer will result.
B
1/8"
(3.2 mm)
3/32"
(2.4 mm)
1/16"
(1.6 mm)
(51 mm)
WIDTH OF STOCK
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Fig. 15
A
SOFT WOOD
HARD WOOD
2" 6" 8" 10"
(152 mm) (203 mm) (254 mm)
4" 7" 9"
(102 mm) (178 mm) (229 mm)
A
Fig. 16
Fig. 17
B