ADJUSTMENTS & OPERATION
ADJUSTING SPRING TENSION OF INFEED AND OUTFEED ROLLERS
The infeed and outfeed rollers are those parts of your planer that feed the
stock while it is being planed. The feed rollers are under spring tension and
this tension must be sufficient to feed the stock uniformly through the planer
without slipping but should not be too tight that it causes damage to the board.
The tension should also be equal at both ends of each roller.
To adjust the spring tension of the infeed roller, turn two screws, one of which
is shown at (A) Fig.27. The other screw is located on the opposite side of the
machine. A good starting point to use in setting the spring tension of the infeed
roller is to adjust the two screws (A) until there are
FOUR
threads showing
above the table casting. To increase or decrease the spring tension further,
adjust screws (A).
To adjust the spring tension of the outfeed roller, turn two screws, one of which
is shown at (B) Fig.27. The other screw is located on the other side of the
machine. A good starting point to use in setting tension of the outfeed roller is
to adjust the two screws (B) until there is
ONE
thread showing above the table
casting. To increase or decrease the spring tension further, adjust screws (B).
ADJUSTING TABLE ROLLERS
Your planer is supplied with two table rollers (A) Fig.28 which aid in feeding
stock by reducing friction and turn as the stock is fed through the planer. It is
not possible to give exact dimensions on the proper height setting of the table
because each type of wood behaves differently. As a general rule, however,
when planing rough stock the table rollers should be set
HIGH
(0.002” to
0.020”) above the table surface and when planing finish stock the table rollers
should be set
LOW
, 0.001” above the table surface or level with the table
surface.
The table rollers on your planer are set for average planing and are parallel to
the table surface. If you desire to adjust the table rollers higher or lower,
proceed as follows:
1.
DISCONNECT THE MACHINE FROM THE POWER SOURCE.
2. Lay a straight edge (B) Fig.29 across both rollers and with a feeler gauge
(C) underneath the straight edge as shown, adjust height of table rollers by
loosening set screws (D) Fig.28 and turn eccentric screws (E) Fig.28 to
raise or lower table rollers. Table rollers must be adjusted on the opposite
end of table in the same manner. The table rollers must always be set
parallel to the table.
IMPORTANT: The eccentric screws (E) Fig.28 on both sides of the
planer are on eccentrics and care should be taken when adjusting to
keep the rollers from leading the stock to one side or the other. This
can be accomplished by turning eccentric screws (E) Fig.28 clockwise
to raise or lower the rollers and turning the two eccentric screws on
the opposite end of the rollers counterclockwise or vice versa.
FIGURE 27
FIGURE 28
FIGURE 29
