Maintenance - Wen 6550 Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE

CHANGING BLADES (Fig. 13 - 16)
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WARNING: Always turn the planer OFF and disconnect it
from the power source before starting any maintenance work.
Screws
1. Remove the dust chute by unscrewing the thumb screws that
are located in their opposing corners (Fig. 13).
Fig. 13
2. Loosen and remove the two hex screws from the blade guard
on the rear side of the cutterhead. Remove the blade guard (Fig.
14)
3. Press down on the red spindle release button located on the
left side that allows the cutterhead to rotate properly. Rotate it
until the six gib bolts are exposed and secure them in place. (Fig.
15).
Screws
Fig. 14
4. Loosen and remove the six bolts from the gib (Fig. 15).
5. Remove the gib using the provided magnets.
CAUTION: Blade edges are extremely sharp. Keep fingers
away from the blades at all times.
6. The blade is located in position by two pins. Gently lift the
old blades from the cutterhead using magnets. Do not make
Gib Bolts
contact with the blade using fingers. Use magnets only.
Fig. 15
7. Reverse or replace blade and carefully position it on the two
pins using magnets.
8. Replace the gib and align the holes on the gib with holes on
the blade using the magnets.
9. Secure gib to cutterhead using six bolts removed earlier.
10. Replace the dust chute and secure it in place with the two
thumb screws.
Fig. 16
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