Model G0495X (Mfd. Since 07/19)
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Adjusting Table Parallelism
For safe and proper cutting results, the tables
must be parallel to the cutterhead. Adjusting them
to be parallel is a task of precision and patience,
and may take up to one hour to complete. Luckily,
this is considered a permanent adjustment and
should not need to be repeated for the life of the
machine.
Due to the complex nature of this task, we rec-
ommend that you double check the current table
positions to make sure that they really need to be
adjusted before starting.
The tables have four eccentric bushings under
each corner that allow the tables to be adjusted
parallel. These eccentric bushings are locked in
place by set screws and adjust when rotated.
The correct order for adjusting the table parallel-
ism is to first adjust the outfeed table parallel with
the cutterhead to within 0.010"-0.012", then adjust
the infeed table parallel with the outfeed table.
When setting the outfeed table, all measurements
must be made from the cutterhead body—not the
inserts.
Checking Infeed Table
1. Follow all the steps for checking the outfeed
table parallelism to first make sure that the
outfeed table is parallel with the cutterhead.
2. Raise the outfeed table higher than the
cutterhead.
3. Loosen the infeed table jam nuts and positive
stop bolts shown in
Figure 36.
Straightedge
Outfeed Table
Infeed Table
Figure 37. Infeed and outfeed tables set evenly.
5. Place the straightedge in the positions shown
in
Figure 38. In each position, the straight-
edge should sit flat against both the outfeed
table and the infeed table.
—If the straightedge sits flat against both
the infeed and outfeed table in each of the
positions, then the tables are parallel. Set
both table heights (
Pages 17 & 40) and
replace the cutterhead guard.
—If the straightedge does not sit flat against
both the infeed and outfeed table in any
of the positions, then follow the
Adjusting
Table Parallelism instructions.
Black Lines Represent
Straightedge Positions
from Overhead View
Figure 38. Straightedge positions for checking
infeed/outfeed table parallelism.
4. Place the straightedge halfway across the
infeed table and halfway over the outfeed
table, and adjust the infeed table even with
the outfeed table, as shown in
Figure 37.
Figure 36. Infeed table positive stop bolts.
Jam Nut
Jam Nut
Stop Bolts
