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OPERATION & ADJUSTMENTS
PLANING OPERATION FIG. 4
To begin a planing operation, rest the front
end of the planer on your workpiece without
the blades ever making contact. Never turn
on your planer while a blade or the cutterhead
is touching the workpiece. Turn on your
planer and wait for the blades to reach their
full speed. Now you can gently move the
planer forward, apply pressure to the front
and slowly start applying pressure evenly in
the center and the rear.
Hint: The speed and depth of cut determines
the kind of finishing you obtain. To obtain
rough cuts, increase the depth of cut. To
obtain good finish cuts, decrease the depth of
cut and move the planer forward more slowly.
RABBETING
To make a rabbeting cut as shown in the
illustration above, the Alignment Guide must
be used. Draw a cut line on your workpiece
and position the Guide in the mounting hole
on the appropriate side. Align the blade edge
with the cutting line, see Fig.5. Adjust the
Guide against the workpiece edge and lock it
into place. You are now ready for your
rabbeting cut.
CHAMFERING
To make a chamfer cut as shown in the
illustration above, align the V-groove in the
front base with the edge of the workpiece and
plane it. See Fig.6. This will start to create a
flat edge for the planer base to follow. Repeat
as necessary.
Figure 4
Blade Edge
Cut Line
Figure 5
Figure 6
OPERATION & ADJUSTMENTS
REMOVING OR INSTALLING PLANER
BLADES
Warning! Make sure the power cord is
unplugged before changing and/or adjusting
blades.
To remove a blade (A) Fig.7 from the
cutterhead (B), remove the 3 hex. bolts (C)
Fig.7 using the supplied socket wrench and
remove the cutterhead fixing plate (D).
The blade (A) and positioning plate (E) (fixed
to the blade with screws) are now free to be
removed from the cutterhead. Unscrew the
fixing screws and separate the blade from the
positioning plate. You are now ready to
replace the blade.
Warning! Replacement blades must be
indentical in size and weight or else
cutterhead vibrations will produce undesired
results. Make sure the cutterhead is clean
before making any installations.
To install a planer blade, first place the new
blade (A) on the blade gauge (B) supplied as
shown in Fig.8. Place the positioning plate (C)
flush against the edge of the blade gauge (B)
and fix it to the new blade using the 2 fixing
screws (D) removed earlier. Slide the blade
and plate assembly into the cutterhead, make
sure the heel of the positioning plate is inserted
into the cutterhead slot. Position the
cutterhead fixing plate over the assembly and
secure it into place using the socket wrench
and the same 3 hex. bolts removed earlier.
Warning! Before every use, make sure all 6
hex. bolts of the cutterhead are tightened
securely.
Figure 7
Figure 8
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