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Maintenance
Lubrication
1. Use a good grade of light grease on the
steel adjusting screws located in the raising
and lowering mechanisms of the work
tables.
2. Occasionally, apply a few drops of light
machine oil to the gibs. This permits the
tables to slide freely.
3. The cutterhead ball bearings are lifetime
lubricated and need no further care.
Blade Care
Blades are extremely sharp!
Use caution when cleaning or changing.
Failure to comply may cause serious injury!
When gum and pitch collect on the blades,
carefully remove with a strong solvent. Failure
to remove gum and pitch build-up may result in
excessive friction and overheating.
Sharpening the Stright Knives
When blades become dull, touch up blades.
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source.
2. Remove the fence, blade guard and belt
cover.
3. To protect the infeed table from scratches,
partially cover the sharpening stone with
paper. (Fig. 29)
Figure 29
4. Lay the stone on the infeed table.
5. Lower the infeed table and turn the
cutterhead by turning the cutterhead pulley.
The infeed table height is set properly when
the stone's surface is flush with the knife
bevel.
6. Keep the cutterhead from rotating by
grasping the cutterhead pulley while sliding
the stone back and forth across the table.
7. Take the same amount of passes for all
three blades.
When the blades have been sharpened, if they
still are not cutting efficiently, trying to touch up
the blades further will only cause the formation
of a second beveled edge. When this starts to
happen, it is time to replace blades with another
set.
It is recommended to keep a second set of
blades on hand so that they may be installed
while the first set is being professionally
sharpened.
Cutterhead Removal
Blades in the cutterhead are
sharp! Use extreme caution when handling
the removal of the cutterhead.
comply may cause serious injury!
The
entire
cutterhead
removed for cleaning or for bearing and blade
replacement. Some woodworkers keep a spare
cutterhead with replacement blades should the
original cutterhead have to be repaired.
To remove the cutterhead (including bearings,
studs, and housing) from the base casting:
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source.
2. Remove the fence assembly, cutterhead
guard, and belt guard.
3. Remove the v-belt from the cutterhead
pulley.
4. Loosen set screw (A, Fig. 30) using a hex
wrench and remove the cutterhead pulley
(B, Fig. 30) and key (C, Fig. 30).
5. Remove nuts (D, Fig. 30) and lock washers
(E, Fig. 30).
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Failure to
assembly may
Figure 30
be
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