Planner Thicknesser Safety Instructions
1. Maintenance.
Make sure the Planner Thicknesser is turned
off and disconnect from the main power supply and make
sure all moving parts have come to a complete stop before
any inspection, adjustment or maintenance is carried out.
2. Planner Thicknesser Condition.
Planner Thicknesser
must be maintained for a proper working condition. Never
operate a Planner Thicknesser that has damaged or worn
parts. Scheduled routine maintenance should performed on
a scheduled basis.
3. Blade/Cutter Condition.
Never operate a Planner
Thicknesser with dropped, cracked or badly worn blades
or cutters. Before using a Planner Thicknesser inspect all
blades and cutters. A damaged blade or cutter can cause
serious injury.
4. Hand Hazard.
Keep hands and fingers clear from the
cutterhead. Serious injury can occur.
5. Leaving a Planner Thicknesser Unattended.
Always
turn the Planner Thicknesser off and make sure all moving
parts have come to a complete stop before leaving the
Planner Thicknesser. Do not leave Planner Thicknesser
running unattended for any reason.
6. Avoiding Entanglement.
Blade guard must be used at all
times. Remove loose clothing, belts, or jewelry items. Never
wear gloves while machine is in operation. Tie up long hair
and use the correct hair nets to avoid any entanglement
with the Planner Thicknesser moving parts.
7. Understand the machines controls.
Make sure you
understand the use and operation of all controls.
8. Power outage.
In the event of a power failure during use
of the Planner Thicknesser, turn off all switches to avoid
possible sudden start up once power is restored.
9. Work area hazards.
Keep the area around the Planner
Thicknesser clean from oil, tools, chips. Pay attention
to other persons in the area and know what is going on
around the area to ensure unintended accidents.
10. Workpiece Handling.
Supporting the workpiece
adequately at all times while cutting is crucial for making
safe cuts and avoiding injury. Never attempt to make a
cut with an unstable workpiece.
11. Hearing protection and hazards.
Always wear hearing
protection as noise generated from cutterhead and
workpiece vibration can cause permanent hearing loss
over time.
12. Thicknesser Infeed clearance safety.
The infeed roller
is designed to pull the workpiece into the cutterhead.
Always keep hands, clothing, hair away from the infeed
roller during operation to prevent serious injury.
13. Never look inside thicknesser.
Wood chips fly around
inside the thicknesser at a high rate of speed. Do not look
inside the thicknesser remove guards or covers during
operation.
14. Operating position.
The workpiece may kick out during
operation. To avoid getting hit, stand to the side of the
machine during the entire operation.
15. Use correct material.
Only use natural timber. Do not
use MDF, plywood, laminates, or other synthetic or man-
made products. Thicknessing material not designed for
this machine may cause serious injury.
16. Planner Cutterhead Alignment.
The top edge of the
outfeed table should be aligned with the edge of the knife
at top dead centre to avoid kickback. An unaligned table
can cause serious injury.
17. Joining with the grain.
Jointing against the grain or
jointing end grain is dangerous and could produce chatter
or excessive chip out. Always joint with the grain.
18. Thicknessing Grain direction.
Thicknessing across
the grain may cause the workpiece to kick out. Always
thickness with the wood grain or at a small angle.
19. Use a Push Stick.
Always use a push stick when
whenever surface planing. Never pass you hands directly
over the cutterhead without a push stick.
20. Blade guards.
Always use blade guards except when
rebating. Make sure you replace the guard after rebating.
21. Planner Cutting operation.
Always keep the workpiece
moving toward the outfeed table until the workpiece has
passed completely over the cutterhead. Never back the
workpiece toward the infeed table.
22. Stalled blade.
In the case that the cutterhead stalls
while in operation, turn the Planner Thicknesser off before
freeing the stalled cutterhead.
23. Changing between Planner / Thicknesser mode.
Once changed to the required mode either Planner or
Thicknesser, always ensure all safety guards and dust
chutes are re-fitted before starting machine.
24. Workpiece safety.
Inspect your workpiece carefully
before feeding it over the cutterhead. Never joint a board
that has knots, nails, or staples.
25. Dust hazards.
Always use a dust collector when
using machine.
26. Kickback.
Kickback is defined as high speed expulsion of
workpiece from the Planner Thicknesser table cutterhead.
Never stand in the kickback zone.
27. Call for help.
If at any time you experience difficulties,
stop the machine and call you nearest branch service
department for help.
Machinery House
requires you to read this entire Manual before using this machine.
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