To adjust the depth of cut, the cutterhead assembly can be raised or lowered as needed by rotating the depth of
cut adjustment handle,
.
Before adjusting the height of the cutterhead, make sure the cutterhead locking lever is unlocked (raised position),
. Attempting to adjust the height of the cutterhead with the locking lever engaged will cause premature wear of
the locking mechanism.
NOTE: Each full clockwise rotation of the handle will lower the cutterhead by 1/16”. Each full counterclockwise rota-
tion will raise the cutterhead by 1/16”
,
.
RAISING/LOWERING THE CUTTERHEAD
UNLOCK
LOCK
DOWN
UP
9
1 x = 1/16”
The adjustable pre-set depth gauge located on the top left of the cutterhead assembly,
, allows the user to select
one of six commonly used workpiece final thickness settings.
With the cutterhead set slightly above the height of the workpiece press down and rotate the spring loaded adjust-
ment knob to select the desired final thickness setting from either 1/8”, 3/8”, 1/2”, 3/4”, 1” & 1 1/4”,
. This will set the
stop pin to prevent the cutterhead from going any lower than the selected thickness,
.
NOTE: Once you have planed the workpiece down to the selected thickness, do not attempt to lower the cutterhead
further. Forcing the depth of cut handle when the cutterhead has bottomed out on the preset stop pin will damage
the raising mechanism.
1/8”
1 1
/4”
1“
3/
8”
1/
2”
PRE-SET THICKNESS STOP GAUGE
DEPTH OF CUT INDICATOR
The depth of cut indicator on the lower right hand side of
the cutterhead,
, will indicate how much material the
cutterhead is set to remove from the workpiece for a
given pass.
The pointer will read zero until the workpiece engages the
front of the cutterhead. Place the workpiece under the
front of the cutterhead and turn the height adjustment
handle clockwise until the cutterhead makes contact
with the workpiece & until the depth of cut indicator
shows the reading that matches the desired cut,
.
