ADJUSTMENTS & OPERATION
CLEANUP BEFORE OPERATION
The unpainted surfaces of the planer are coated with a protective grease to
prevent corrosion during shipment. This protective coating must be removed
using a solvent cleaner or degreaser.
For best performance, make sure you clean all moving parts or sliding contact
surfaces that are coated. Also, the cutterhead must also be cleaned to ensure
good planing results. Be very carefull cleaning the cutterhead, cutterhead
knives are very sharp.
DEPTH OF CUT ADJUSTMENT
The depth of cut on your planer is controlled by raising or lowering head
assembly (A) Fig.8, which contains the cutterhead and feed rolls. The head
raises and lowers on four precision ground steel columns (B). To adjust the
depth of cut, simply loosen the two head assembly lock knobs, one of which
is shown at (C), and turn the head raising and lowering handwheel (D).
Turning the handwheel (D) clockwise, raises the head assembly, turning it
counterclockwise lowers the head assembly. One full turn of the handwheel
moves the head approximately 5/32”. Retighten the two head assembly lock
knobs (C) once the adjustment is done.
The maximum depth of cut when planing stock narrower than 6” wide is 3/16”
when the stock is run through the planer on one side or the other of the
cutterhead. A limiter (A) Fig.9 is provided to limit the depth of cut to 1/8” on
stock wider than 6”.
POWER FEED CONTROL
Two power feed speeds of 16 and 30 feet per minute are provided with your
planer. Generally speaking, the slower feed rate provides more cuts per inch,
thus a finer, smoother finish of the workpiece is obtained. A good rule to follow
would be to operate the machine at the faster feed rate for general planing and
switch to the slower feed rate for the final finished dimension of the workpiece.
When planing wide stock (wider than 8”) particularly in hard wood, the slower
feed speed (16 feet per minute) is more desirable as there is less strain on the
motor and a better finish is obtained since there are more cuts per inch of
stock in length.
When the shifter knob (A) Fig.10, is pushed all the way in (A) Fig.11, the feed
speed will be 30 feet per minute. When the shifter knob is pulled all the way
out (C) Fig.11, the feed speed will be 16 feet per minute. When the shifter knob
is in the centre (neutral) position (B) Fig.11, the feed rollers are disengaged
and the planer will stop feeding.
IMPORTANT: ONLY CHANGE FEED SPEED WHEN THE MACHINE IS
RUNNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE SPEEDS DURING ANY
CUTTING OPERATION OR DAMAGE TO THE GEARBOX WILL RESULT.
FIGURE 8
FIGURE 9
FIGURE 10
FIGURE 11
