Grizzly G0900, Owner'S Manual

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Model G0900 (Mfd. Since 03/20)
Shaping Small Stock
Feeding small stock through a shaper is always
dangerous. If you must shape small stock, use
a zero-clearance fence. This will provide greater
protection for the operator, better workpiece sup-
port, and reduced tearout on narrow or fragile
stock.
ALWAYS use hold-downs or featherboards
and push sticks when shaping small or nar-
row stock. These devices keep your hands
away from the spinning cutter and suffi-
ciently support the stock to allow a safe and
effective cut, reducing the risk of personal
injury.
To shape small stock:
1. DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Create zero-clearance fence suitable for your
application (see Making a Zero Clearance
Fence on Page 35) and install on shaper.
3. Position safety guard as low as possible
while still clearing cutter or create custom box
guard (see
Making Box Guards on Page
38).
4. Adjust infeed and outfeed table featherboards
to width of workpiece, positioning them
as close to cutter as possible to support
workpiece against fence through cut.
Note: When using zero-clearance fence,
the fence-mounted featherboards that come
with the G0900 must either be clamped/
mounted to zero-clearance fence or appro-
priate featherboards must be constructed.
The same is true if the size or positioning of
included table featherboards will not appro-
priately support a small workpiece. For both
of these scenarios, please refer to
Making
Featherboards on Page 36 for instructions
on making shop-made featherboards.
5. Mount/clamp shop-made or included fence
featherboards to zero-clearance fence.
Adjust to width of workpiece, positioning
them as close to cutter as possible to support
workpiece against fence through cut.
6. Connect machine to power.
7. Use push sticks to push workpiece through
cut (see
Making Push Sticks on Page 37 to
make your own).