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Craftsman 315.175011 Operator's Manual page 7

Dustless plate joiner double insulated

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Your Plate Joirer has beer designed for makirg fast,
accurate, ard simple plunge cuts in wood, etc. so that
biscuits car be used to ioir two or more boards
together. When used properly ard orly for what it is
intended, this versatile tool will give you years of
trouble-tree performarce.
It is professionally
engireered,
but its ease of operation allows the
amateur to produce beautiful ard precise work.
SWITCH
To turn your Plate Joirer ON, depress the switch
trigger.
Release switch trigger to turn your Plate
Joirer OFF.
5/8 HP MOTOR
Your Plate Joiner has a powerful motor with sufficient
power to handle tough cutting jobs. It develops a no
load speed of 10,000 RPM.
BLADE
Your Plate Jotter has a 8-tooth carbfde tipped blade
for cutting biscuit slots.
BISCUITS
See Figure 1.
Biscuits are available ir three stardard sizes:
#0
(5/8 in. x 1-13/16 in.)
#10
(13/16 in. x 2-1/'16 in.}
#20
(15/16 in. x 2-5/16 in.}
Note: Store biscuits in a dry place because they swell
rapidly upon contact with water-based woodworking
glues.
_ = 5/8 in. x 1-13/16in.
ADJUSTABLE
FENCE
/ FRONT
HANDLE
Your plate joirer has ar adjustable terce. By
Iooserfrg the height adjustmert
knobs, the angle of
the fence car be set up to 60 ° above and 45 ° below
90 °, with positive stop settings ir incremerts
of 15 °.
The hefght of the ferce car be set betweer 0 it. - 2
in. with a scale showfrg O fn. - 1-1/2 in.
The trort hurdle is part of the adjustable ferce ard
should always be used to gufde and balarce your
plate jofner, provfdirg ease of operatfor and
mafntafnirg safe control.
NONSKID
BACKING
PAD
The fence or your Plate Jotter is padded with a
rorskid
backirg pad to hold it statiorary
against the
workpiece. It helps prevent skiddirg whet makirg
cuts. It also prevents marring of the workpiece from
Plate Jotter when cutting.
INDICATOR
MARKS
Certerlire
and life of cut irdicator marks have been
provided or your Plate Joiner. See Figure 2.
APPLICATIONS
(Use only for the purpose listed below)
Cutting precise mating oval slots ir hardwood,
softwood, plywood, particle board, etc. for spline
joirery applicatiors.
DEPTH
ADJUSTMENT
KNOB
A sprirg loaded depth adjustmert
krob makes it
possible to make proper settirgs for three standard
size biscuits. Fine adjustments to the cutting depth
can be made with a krurled adjustmert
knob and jam
rut located behind the depth adjustmert
knob. Once
the correct depth setting has beer made for one
biscuit size, the other two depth settirgs will be
automatically
set.
#10 = 13/16 in. x 2-1/16 in.
#20 = 15/16 in. x 2-5/16 in.
_
WARNING:
Your Plate Joiner should fever be
conrected
to power supply whet you are assem-
blfrg parts, makirg adjustments, assemblfng or
removing blades, clearirg
or when rot in use.
Disconrecting
your Plate Joiner wfll prevert
accidental startirg that could cause serious
personal injury.
Fig. 1
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