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4455 Professional Planer 20” Owner’s Manual Oliver Machinery M-4455 12/2017 Seattle, WA Copyright 2003-2017 info@olivermachinery.net www.olivermachinery.net...
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Oliver makes every effort possible to assure that its equipment meets the highest possible standards of quality and durability. All products sold by Oliver are warranted to the original customer to be free from defects for a period of 2 (two) years on all parts, excluding electronics and motors, which are warranted for 1 year.
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WARNING Read this manual completely and observe all warning labels on the machine. Oliver Machinery has made every attempt to provide a safe, reliable, easy-to-use piece of machinery. Safety, however, is ultimately the responsibility of the individual machine operator. As with any piece of machinery, the operator must exercise caution, patience, and common sense to safely run the machine.
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15. Do not use this Oliver planer for other than its intended use. If used for other purposes, Oliver disclaims any real or implied warranty and holds itself harmless for any injury or damage which may result from that use.
Machine Preparation and Setup (cont’d) in such a manner that it would pull a piece of wood into the planer. If it does not, disconnect machine from power source and Thread leveling bolts (A, Figure 2) into holes in reverse any two incoming power leads. the four corners of the planer base.
Dust Chute Assembly Mount the dust chute (A, Figure 3) to the planer hood with eight M6x10 hex head screws (B, Figure 3). Make sure the dust collection system has sufficient capacity and suction for your planer. Always turn on the dust collection system before starting the planer.
Raising and Lowering Table Turn the handwheel (A, Figure 6) clockwise to raise the table. One revolution equals 1/16”. Table Stop The socket head cap screw (B, Figure 6) acts as a stop and prevents you from running the table into the cutting and feeding assembly.
Digital Readout The digital scale equipped with your 4455 ,22” planer can serve many applications,however for wood planing we need only concern ourselves with the ON/OFF, SET, and mm/in buttons. When set properly the digital readout will display the thickness of the finished product.
Knives are extremely sharp. Be very careful when handling knives. Failure to comply may cause serious injury! The Oliver 20” planer was designed to accept 22-1/8” x 1” x 1/8”) knives. Installing straight knives accurately is an important step to achieve a smooth finish.
Setup of Feed Rollers, Chipbreaker and Pressure Bar WARNING! Disconnect machine from the power source before performing any adjustments or maintenance. Failure to comply may cause serious injury! The planer comes set up from the factory and shouldn’t need any adjustment. If you find adjustment is necessary, follow the below listed sections for setting the in-feed roller, chipbreaker, pressure bar and outfeed...
Anti-Kickback Fingers Anti-kickback fingers help prevent stock from being kicked out of the machine towards the user. Keep the fingers clean and free from sawdust, pitch gum, etc., so they operate smoothly. Adjustment of In-Feed Roller The in-feed roller should be set 0.02” below the lowest point of knife.
Adjustment of Pressure Bar The pressure bar should be set even with the lowest point of knife. Make sure the knives are set properly see the “Setting / Changing Knives” section on page 11 prior to making any adjustments. 1. Disconnect machine from power source. 2.
Helical Cutterhead WARNING! Knives are extremely sharp. Be very careful when handling knives. Failure to comply may cause serious injury! The helical cutterhead is set-up with the same relationship to the in-feed roller, chipbreaker, pressure bar and outfeed roller as the straight knife cutterhead.
Adjusting Table Rollers The table rollers come pre-set from the factory and shouldn’t need any adjustment. If you find adjustment is necessary, follow the below listed steps. 1. Lay a straight edge (A, Figure 22) on the table across the roller (B, Figure 22). 2.
Lubrication The bearings on the cutterhead are factory lubricated and sealed. They require no lubrication. Lubricate the two table elevation screws (A, Figure 24) as needed. Raise the table and remove the two screws holding the top of the accordion cover (B, Figure 24) in place.
Halted Feeding If the in-feed roll takes stock away from you while feeding, then feeding stops before contacting the knives, the chipbreaker is probably too low. Or the in-feed roller is not set low enough, or does not have enough pressure. In a similar situation, the in-feed roll takes the stock, the chipbreakers lift, and stops as you hear the knives contact the material.
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4455 Parts List Part Number Description Old P/N 850214-000 BAGGED PARTS PN0203 64 040401-000 SCREWDRIVER 1號*75 HQ070100 68 230026-000 KNOB PN020004 69 230114-906 HANDLE PJ010018 98 360414-910 SHAFT PN010025 99 250054-000 KNOB LJ010110 231 040003-000 WRENCH HQ010400 216 040004-000 WRENCH...
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