Rikon Power Tools 23-400, Operator'S Manual

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6.1 REPLACING CUTTER KNIVES
CAUTION! Risk of personal injury by cuts from the cutter knives!
Wear gloves when changing cutter knives.
To remove the cutter knives:
1. Unplug power cable.
2. Open the cutterhead cover.
3. Turn the five hexagon head screws of the cutter knife lockbar
(Fig.10).
4. First remove cutter knife, then cutter knife lockbar from the
cutterhead.
5. Clean all surfaces of the cutterhead and cutter knife lockbar
with a suitable solvent.
6. Place new cutter knife on cutter knife lockbar.
7. Place cutter knife lockbar with the installed cutter knife into the
cutterhead.
8. Check the projection of the knives:
- With the provided straight edge gauge .
- Place straight edge gauge across outfeed table and cutterhead
as shown.
- Turn cutterhead by hand one turn against the direction of feed.
- The cutter knives are set correctly if the straight edge is moved
forward 1/8" to 1/4" by the turning cutterhead. This check must be
performed at both ends of the cutterhead. (Fig.11)
9. To tighten the cutter knives, turn the five hexagon head screws
of the cutter knife lockbar fully out. To prevent distortion of the cut-
ter knife lockbar start with the screws in the center, then tighten
the screws closer to the edges step by step.(Fig.12)
Danger!
- Do not extend tool when tightening the screws.
- Do not tighten bolts by striking the wrench.
10. Return cutterhead cover to its closed position.
6. Maintenance
4 - 6 mm
FIG. 10
FIG. 11
FIG. 12
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