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Adjustingthe Depth Of Cut - Craftsman 351.233831 Operator's Manual

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ADJUSTINGTHE DEPTH OF CUT
Refer to Figure 16, page 18.
Board thickness which the planer/molderwill produce is
indicated by either scale (Key No. 4) on the side.
Thickness is adjusted by rotating the handwheel (Key
No. 22) clockwise to raise the knife height.
To reduce the knife height, rotata the handwheel coun-
terclockwise.
Do not set knife below %2". Do not plane a board
which is less than a 1,_,thick.
• Knife height will be moved 1Ae" w ith every complete
revolution
the handwheel.
Make a test cut on a piece of wood and measure the
thickness produced.
The
willproduceunevendepth of cut
(tapered cut) ifthe cutterhead is not parallel with the table.
To restore
parallelism of the cutterhead with the table:
• Clamp a vise plier on the left side of the shaft (Key
No. 6) next to the bevel gear (Key. No. 10).
Loosen set screws (Key No. 51) and disengage right
bevel gear
(Key
No. 18).
• Slowly rotate ha
Rotate
lower table. Table
turn of the bevel
• After moving tab
beveled gears (K
and secured with
• Release and rem
• Make a test cut
appropriate.
• Add grease to b
When the depth of
loosen the

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