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MAKE SURE THE MACHINE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND UNPLUGGED FROM THE POWER SOURCE BEFORE PERFORM-
ING ANY MAINTENANCE OR ADJUSTMENTS.
DEPTH OF CUT INDICATOR
The depth of cut indicator, A, will indicate how much
material the cutter head is set to remove from the work-
piece for a given pass.
The pointer will read zero until the workpiece engages
the front of the cutter head. Place the workpiece under
the front of the cutter head and turn the height adjust-
ment handle clockwise until the cutter head makes
contact with the workpiece & until the depth of cut indi-
cator shows the reading that matches the desired cut.
Note: Failure to follow these recommendations will
lead to premature blade wear and may cause pre-
mature motor failure.
It is recommended that for both hard and soft wood:
For stock up to 6" in width, never remove more than
1/8" per pass, B .
For stock of 6"-13" in width, never remove more than
1/16" per pass, C .
Removing less material per pass and taking multiple
passes is always preferred to more aggressive plan-
ing. Advantages include longer blade life, better finish
quality (resulting in less time sanding later) and less
likelihood of removing too much material causing the
workpiece to be too thin for its intended use.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANING
This thickness planer is designed to remove mate-
rial from the top face of a board in order to bring
the board (or a series of boards) down to a specific
desired thickness.
To obtain even, uniform thickness across the length of
a board, the stock being planed must have one face
that has already been machined perfectly flat (usually
on a jointer) and the stock should be fed with this flat
face against the table, D .
If it is not possible to machine one face perfectly flat
before planing, take shallow passes all on the same
face of the board until this face has been machined
level.
Then the board should be flipped over and the lev-
eled face should be fed face down against the table
to allow you to dimension the board to final thickness.
B
D
A
C
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