Changing Blades - Craftsman 351.217480 Operator's Manual

• To avoid snipe, gently push the board up while feed-
ing the work until the outfeed roller starts advancing
it
• Move to the rear and receive planed board by gently
pushing it up when the infeed roller looses contact
with the board
• When planing more than one board of the same
thickness, butt boards together to avoid snipe
• Snipe is more apparent when deeper cuts are taken
• Feed work in direction of grain Work fed against
grain will have chipped, splintered edges
Planer will operate best if kept in good condition and
properly adjusted
CHECK FOR WORN BLADES
• Condition of blades will affect precision of cut
Observe quality of cut which planer produces to
check condition of blades
• Dull blades will tear, rather than sever wood fibers
and produce fuzzy appearance
• Raised grain will occur when dull blades pound on
wood that has varying density Raised edge will also
be produced where blades have been nicked
• Blades on this planer are reversible Blades should
always be reversed or replaced as matched set
Keeping a spare set of blades on hand is recom-
mended
CHANGING BLADES
Refer to Figures 8-10 page 8
WARNING: Always turn planer OFF and disconnect
from power source before starting any maintenance
work
• Loosen and remove thumb screws from dust chute
and hood on the rear side of planer Remove chute
and hood
Figure 8 - Remove Dust Chute and Hood
• Loosen and remove three screws and belt guard
• Press cutterhead latch down and carefully rotate belt
towards you until cutterhead locks in position
Figure 9 - Remove Gib Bolts
• Loosen, but do not remove, eight screws located on
gib Loosen screws just enough so that gib is loose,
allowing blade to be removed
• Insert the magnetic blade removal tool under the
center of the gib
• Lift the tool up until blade is free of pins and then
remove blade
NOTE: Magnet can be easily disengaged from gib by
tilting it to left or right
CAUTION: Blade edges are extremely sharp Keep fin-
gers away from blades at all times
• Blade is located in position by two pins Carefullly lift
old blades from cutterhead using magnets Do not
make contact with the blade using fingers Use
magnet only
• Reverse or replace blade and carefully position it on
the two pins using magnet
• Replace gib and align the holes on the gib with
holes on the blade using magnet
• Secure gib to cutterhead using eight bolts earlier
• Depress latch to release cutterhead Release latch
when cutterhead can be turned by hand
Gib
Magnet Tool
Spring
Blade
-'x
Pin
Cutterhead
Figure 10 - Remove Blade
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