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Wood-Mizer
MP360 Planer Moulder
USER MANUAL
Read through the user manual carefully and make sure you understand its
contents before you use the planer/moulder.
This user manual contains important safety instructions.
WARNING! Incorrect use can result in serious personal injury or even death to
the operator or others.

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  • Page 1 Wood-Mizer MP360 Planer Moulder USER MANUAL Read through the user manual carefully and make sure you understand its contents before you use the planer/moulder. This user manual contains important safety instructions. WARNING! Incorrect use can result in serious personal injury or even death to...
  • Page 2 Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form by any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other means or used in any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from Wood-Mizer 8180 West 10th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46214...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Starting the planer Control panel Bottom cutter Top cutter Molding knife in bottom and top cutter Side cutters Variable Feed Motor Maintenance Setting the upper chassis' plan Planing tips MP360 Profile knives Electrical schematic Technical data List of components Overview Images...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    final form GETTING STARTED Wood-Mizer is committed to providing you with the latest technology, best quality, and strongest customer service available on the market today. We continually evaluate our customers’ needs to ensure we are meeting current wood-processing demands. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

  • Page 5: Warranty

    Wood-Mizer Limited Product Warranty Wood-Mizer LLC (“Warrantor”), an Indiana corporation with its principal place of business at 8180 West Tenth Street, Indianapolis, IN 46214-2400 USA, warrants to the purchaser (“Purchaser”) that for the time periods specifically stated herein and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations stated herein, the...
  • Page 6 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form LENGTH OF WARRANTY PRODUCT MODEL CLASS EFFECTIVE DATE NON USA & CANADA & CANADA Portable Sawmills, LT, LX, HR, EG Two years One year Resaws, Edgers Two years, excluding Date of purchase the chassis, which...
  • Page 7 This warranty cannot be amended except in writing which refers to this warranty which is signed by both Warrantor and Purchaser. © 2018 Wood-Mizer LLC – 8180 West 10 Street, Indianapolis, IN 46214...

  • Page 8: Safety Instructions

    This instructions do moulder. This applies to both the in and not constitute training in machine planing. outfeed sides, although the risk is greater on Contact Wood-Mizer for information regarding the infeed side. training in machine planing. •...
  • Page 9 Wood-Mizer MP360 GENERAL SAFETY DISTANCE • Check the molder/planer as soon as you Other than the operator, no one should receive it. Report any transport damage to the be within 3 meters (10 foot) of the transport company immediately. planer/moulder's sides or 8 meters (26 •...

  • Page 10: Tools Required

    Paraffin oil for the table Whetstone MACHINE DESCRIPTION The MP360 is a planer/moulder that can work four The cutters and feed rollers are covered by a sides of a workpiece in one action. The planer/ foldable protective cover plate with window. The moulder is contained in a stable and strong cover plate is supplied with a safety switch.

  • Page 11: Preparations

    Wood-Mizer MP360 PREPARATIONS Certain parts are not assembled on delivery for Figure 1. transport and packaging reasons. Part number references are found in the exploded views in the back of this manual. 1. Assemble the control panel in place with the arm where the cabling goes, (232), (251).

  • Page 12: Setup

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form SETUP Check your MP360 as soon as you receive it. • Hang the planer's electrical cable on the Any transport damage must be reported to ceiling or protect it in another way. Never step the transport company immediately.

  • Page 13: In And Outfeed Table

    Wood-Mizer MP360 IN AND OUTFEED TABLE Note that the outfeed table can easily be folded outfeed marks (snipe). This particularly applies up so you can move around the planer. when thin or soft workpieces are being processed. The outer edges must then always lie slightly The tables must mainly be completely in line with higher than the planer table.

  • Page 14: Control Panel

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form CONTROL PANEL CONTROL PANEL the button's function is from the right: The top red button (a11) is the emergency stop 1. Starting the planer cutter (lower horizontal cutter) and switches off the power to all functions. When 2.

  • Page 15: Bottom Cutter

    Wood-Mizer MP360 BOTTOM CUTTER Before you open the safety doors on the GRINDING THE PLANING KNIFE planer, ensure that the power is switched Always grind the knives in pairs, so they are the off and that the cutters are not rotating. Use same height, min.
  • Page 16 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form • Tighten the screws locking the knife in position counterclockwise (i.e. out of the keyway). Start by tightening carefully. Move from the sides and in towards the middle, retightening them later. After adjusting or replacing planing knives: Check that all screws have been sufficiently tightened.

  • Page 17: Top Cutter

    Wood-Mizer MP360 TOP CUTTER Before you open the safety doors on the planer, ensure that the power is switched off and that the cutters are not rotating. Use protective gloves, particularly when you need to loosen screws that are tightly fastened, or when you are tightening screws (see safety instructions).
  • Page 18 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form When the top cutter's bearing housing is adjusted, or when the planing knife's cut is changed, the counter's pre-set must be height calibrated. ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRAPEZOIDAL THREADED BAR'S CHAIN TRANSMISSION The chain, which raises and lowers the table, must not be slack, but needs to be tensioned enough that teeth bite correctly.

  • Page 19: Molding Knife In Bottom And Top Cutter

    Wood-Mizer MP360 MOLDING KNIFE IN BOTTOM AND TOP CUTTERS Before you open the safety doors on the • To insert knives into the top or bottom cutter planer, ensure that the power is switched heads, a gib/moulding knife clamp must be off and that the cutters are not rotating.

  • Page 20: Side Cutters

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form Side cutterS Before you open the safety doors on the Check that the cutters can rotate freely planer, ensure that the power is switched before the safety doors are closed. off and that the cutters are not rotating. Use...
  • Page 21 Wood-Mizer MP360 Ensure that you turn the knives in the right When the cutter is pre-set, the height of the knife direction when you assemble them in the above the table must be 30 mm (7 + 6 + 17 = 30 cutter.
  • Page 22 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form • The plane diameter that is inline with the back ADJUSTING THE FENCE BY CUTTER 2 fence is where you need to measure to, the cutter’s plane diameter that is higher than 30...
  • Page 23 Wood-Mizer MP360 • Check that the test piece is lying against both means that they move with the cutter when this fences and tighten the back fence's lock is adjusted. screws. Check that all screws that fix the fences To set the pressure rollers, loosen the socket head...

  • Page 24: Variable Feed Motor

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form VARIABLE FEED MOTOR INSTRUCTION WARNING! Do not turn the adjustment knob AGIP BLASIA 32 when the planer/moulder is not running. SHELL A.T.F DEXRON ASSEMBLY (IF THE VARIABLE FEED MOTOR IS ASSEMBLED IN PLACE).

  • Page 25: Maintenance

    Wood-Mizer MP360 MAINTENANCE The MP360 is easy to maintain as 95% of the USING OR STORING IN COLD OR DAMP planer/moulder is protected against rust. The ENVIRONMENTS maintenance required, is mentioned below. If the planer will be stored in a cold or damp en-...

  • Page 26: Setting The Upper Chassis' Plan

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form SETTING THE UPPER CHASSIS' PLAN FOUNDATIONS 4. Lift up each threaded sprocket so the cutter is at a tangent to the block along its entire length. Re-setting the chassis plan requires a serious intervention in the planer.

  • Page 27: Mp360 Profile Knives

    Note that you need authorization to open or intervene in the electri- cal equipment. Ensure that the power supply is switched off before you open the system. ELECTRICAL BOX MP360 230 V (North America) MAIN CONNECTION 3-phase FUSE 1 AMP FOR CONTROL CURRENT...
  • Page 28 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form GND, EARTH MANOUVER BOX ELECTRICAL SCHEMATIC 230 V, 3-PHASE, 32-50 Aan FUSE 1 A FUSE 1 A version WHITE LAMP North American Version INFEED TOP DOOR WHITE LAMP SWITCH SWITCH HORIZONTAL UNDER CUTTER M1...
  • Page 29 Wood-Mizer MP360 GND, EARTH MANOUVER BOX ELECTRICAL SCHEMATIC 400-440 V, 3-PHASE, 20-50 A FUSE 1 A WHITE LAMP FUSE 1 A INFEED TOP DOOR North American Version WHITE LAMP SWITCH SWITCH A1 A2 HORIZONTAL UNDER CUTTER M1 FUSE 20 A (x3) MOTOR CONT.

  • Page 30: Technical Data

    Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form TECHNICAL DATA MP360 Length and width: 2,970 x 1,125 mm (117" x 44") Height 1,430 mm (56") Weight 675 kg (1488 lbs) 4-SIDED MOLDING Width 360 mm (14") Height 10-130 mm (0.4"-6") 2-SIDED MOLDING Width 410 mm (16")

  • Page 31: List Of Components

    Wood-Mizer MP360 LIST OF COMPONENTS Refer to the illustrations following this list for locations of parts. Loc. Description Loc. Description Cast iron table Belt Pulley motor, Bottom Cutter Plastic Slide Strip, Feed Moulding Knife, 410 mm Rollers Plastic Slide Strip, Top...
  • Page 32 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form Loc. Description Loc. Description Bearing Housing, Motor, Feed, USA Rollers, Complete Bronze Bushing, Feed Cover, Worm Gear Rollers Feed Roller, Grooved Crank, Height Setting 144A Polyurethane Feed Chain Tensioning Arm Rollers 144B Shear Pin, Rubber...

  • Page 33: Overview Images

    Wood-Mizer MP360 OVERVIEW IMAGES...
  • Page 34 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form FRONT...
  • Page 35 Wood-Mizer MP360 CROSS-SECTION FRONT...
  • Page 36 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form BACK...
  • Page 37 Wood-Mizer MP360 CROSS-SECTION BACK...
  • Page 38 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form SKIDS WITH CARRIAGE...
  • Page 39 Wood-Mizer MP360 BOTTOM CUTTERS, FIXED SIDE CUTTERS, CONTROL FOR MOVEABLE CUTTERS, LOCK PLANING TABLE...
  • Page 40 Wood-Mizer ® from forest to final form TOP CUTTER, FEED ROLLERS...

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