Planing; Changing Knives - DeWalt DW733 Instruction Manual

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Planing

After making all adjustments, turn the tool on and wait until
the knives reach full speed. The workpiece should not be in
contact with the feed rollers or the cutterhead when the tool
is switched on.
Feed wood into the planer as shown in Figure 14. Do not
force wood into the cutterhead. Let the feed rollers
determine how fast the wood is planed.
Adjustments

Changing Knives

REMOVING KNIVES
Your planer is equipped with two knives attached to a
rotating cutterhead. To remove the knives:
1) Turn off and unplug planer. Lift the headlock lever to the
up, or unlocked position.
2) Adjust the depth of cut until the scale reads about 3".
This will ensure ample room to change the knives.
3) Remove the two allen screws near the tool tray, shown in
Figure 15. Carefully lift off the dust chute.
Removing the dust chute leaves the knives exposed.
4) If the eight bolts shown in Figure 16 are not visible,
carefully rotate the cutterhead using a small piece of
scrap wood. Keep your fingers away from the
cutterhead until the eight bolts are visible.
5) When the eight bolts shown in Figure 16 are positioned
as shown, ensure the cutterhead lock lever is in its
locked position and the cutterhead is stable. The knives
will also lock, preventing any further rotation.
6) Using the supplied L-shaped wrench, loosen, but do
not remove the two end bolts shown in Figure 17.
7) Carefully remove the middle six bolts.
The knife is spring loaded, and may move toward you
when the six bolts are removed.
8) Press the cutterhead lock lever (Figure 18) down toward
the knife and gently roll the cutterhead backward until
the knife can be removed.
9) Press the cutterhead lock lever (Figure 18) down and
roll the cutterhead until the other knife assembly is
visible. Remove this knife following the steps above.
REPLACING KNIVES
1) Position the cutterhead as shown in Figure 19.
2) Carefully slide the new knife on to the cutterhead, as
shown in Figure 20.
3) Place the two magnetic knife gauges (located in the
tool tray) onto the cutterhead as shown in Figure 21.
Ensure the flat edge of the knife gauge is in contact
with the flat edge of the cutterhead (Figure 21A). This
positions the knife properly on the cutterhead.
4) Firmly tighten the the two end bolts, using the
open-ended wrench provided, as shown in Figure 22.
KNIFE GAUGES
KNIFE GAUGE
CAUTION:
KNIFE
CUTTERHEAD
ENSURE THE FLAT OF KNIFE GUARD
MATCHES WITH FLAT OF CUTTERHEAD
WARNING:
FIG. 21
PHILLIPS
HEAD
SCREWS
FIG. 21A
TABLE
EXTENSION
SUPPORT BOLT
JAM NUT
FIG. 22
FIG. 25
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FIG. 23
FIG. 24
RESET BUTTON