Operating Instructions; Basic Principles Of Planing; Selecting Boards Suitable For Planing; Rated Limits Of This Planer - General 30-360 Setup & Operation Manual

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANING

ALWAYS PLANE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE GRAIN. PLANING AGAINST THE GRAIN OR PLANING END GRAIN
IS DANGEROUS AND MAY CAUSE THE WORKPIECE TO SHATTER.
This planer is designed to remove material from the top
face of a board in order to bring the board (or a series
of boards) down to a specific desired shape or profile
and thickness.
To obtain uniform results 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.

SELECTING BOARDS SUITABLE FOR PLANING

This planer is intended for use with solid woods or MDF
only, and should not be used to plane or mold any
other materials. The workpiece should always be fed
through the machine in the general direction of the
grain in the wood. Before being fed through the planer
all lumber should be inspected for debris and foreign
objects such as staples or nails.
Foreign objects stuck to, or embedded in your work-
piece can be ejected from the machine at high speed
and cause serious injury or damage cutter knives.
Make sure to remove all such foreign objects from
the wood before running it through the planer. Select
lumber carefully and avoid workpieces with loose or
protruding knots. Workpieces that are twisted, severely
deformed or warped should also be avoided.
Warped, twisted, damaged or fragile stock runs an increased risk of jamming in or damaging the machine or cut-
ters. There is also a much greater risk of injury to the operator or bystanders from kickback, where the workpiece is
forcefully or violently ejected from the machine due to a jam, whenever working with such damaged or warped
wood.

RATED LIMITS OF THIS PLANER

RESPECT THE RATED LIMITS OF THIS MACHINE IGNORING THESE LIMITS AND FEEDING NON COMPATIBLE STOCK INTO
THIS PLANER CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY TO THE USER OR SHOP BYSTANDERS, AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE WORK-
PIECE AND/OR THE MACHINE. IF THE STOCK YOU WISH TO PLANE DOES NOT MEET OR COMPLY WITH THE LIMITATIONS
LISTED ABOVE, FIND ANOTHER SAFER WAY TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED TASK.
Maximum planing width: 20"
Maximum workpiece thickness: 8"
Minimum workpiece thickness: 3/16"
Minimum workpiece length: 8 1/4"
Max. 8"
Min. 3/16"
FLAT SIDE DOWN
Max. 20"
Min. 8 1/4"
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