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OPERATION & ADjUSTMENTS
Cutting a miter joint
1. You can cut slots for a miter joint with the workpiece secured flat on the bench and the
fence tilted to the required angle.
2. A bevel mitered joint has the biscuit at a 90
Reference
line
Line up center line of
tool with the reference
line and cut slot
Cutting corner joints
1. Set the pieces together and draw the joint centers on the outside face and end.
2. Cut the slots in the end piece.
3. Clamp the matching face piece so that it protrudes above your workbench with a backer
board supporting it from behind.
4. Cut the slot in the face piece.
Cutting a groove
1. To cut a continuous groove, first adjust the jointer for a butt joint.
2. Place the tool at one end of the work, switch on and purge the blade.
3. Feed the tool to the end of the workpiece, wait for the blade to retract and turn switch
off.
Tongue and groove joints
1. You can cut a tongue into the edge of a piece of timber by varying the height of each
pass until the top surface of the tongue is reached and then turning the work over and
repeating the procedure.
angle to the miter cut as shown.
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FIGURE 4
OPERATION, ADjUSTMENTS
& MAINTENANCE
Replacing the blade
1. Unplug the power cord from the power outlet.
2. Turn the tool over and unscrew the four screws in the base plate. Pivot the base plate
off the two location roll pins.
3. Now, with the blade lock in the top of the gearbox housing depressed, rotate the blade
by hand until the blade locks.
4. Loosen the blade flange using the pin wrench supplied by turning in the counter-clock-
wise direction.
5. Remove the outer blade flange.
6. Remove the blade from the inner flange and remove the blade from the tool.
7. Mount th new blade in reverse order and fasten.
8. Important: The cutting bevel of the teeth, i.e. the direction of rotation of the saw blade,
has to conform to the direction of the arrow marked on the housing.
9. Clean the flanges thoroughly before mounting.
10. Make sure the blade lock is released.
11. before using the tool again, make sure the safety devices are in good working order.
12. Important: After replacing the blade, make sure the blade runs freely by turning the
blade by hand.
13. Refit the base plate onto the two location roll pins and screw down with the four screws.
14. Plug the power cord into the power outlet and run the tool with no load to check the
free running of the motor and blade before using it to cut into any material.
Dust extraction
This biscuit joiner is supplied with a dust extraction
feature, for use with a vacuum cleaner or a dust
collection system, or with the supplied dust bag.
How to remove the adaptor
Warning! Always disconnect the tool from the power
source before removing the adaptor.
1. Turn the tool over and unscrew the four screws in
the base plate.
2. Pull the adaptor free from the cast base.
3. Re-tighten the four base plate screws.
Maintenance
1. Keep the tool's air vents unclogged and clean at all times.
2. Re-lubricate all moving parts at regular intervals.
FIGURE 5
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