Steel City 35-215S3, Owner'S Manual

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◊ FEED SPEED CONTROL
The planer is equipped with a spiral, serrated infeed
roller and a smooth solid steel outfeed roller. They turn
to feed the stock and they slow automatically when the
machine is under heavy load for best planning. The feed
rollers are driven by chains and sprockets, which take
power directly from the cutter head through the oil bath
gear box.
The planer can feed stock at 16 or 20 FPM (feet per
minute). To change feed speed, shift the position of the
feed speed control knob while machine is running at
full speed with no load:
• Push in: 20 FPM
• Pull out: 16 FPM
• In between: 0 FPM (Neutral)
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◊ CUTTING HEIGHT
Cutting height is adjusted by mean of a handwheel
located on the top right side of the planer infeed. One
revolution of the handwheel correspond to a height
change of about 4 mm.
Turn the handwheel clockwise to raise the cutter head
and anticlockwise to reduce the cutting height.
To help in adjusting, a height scale is located on the
right column.
Feed control knob.
IMPORTANT: Only change feed rate when the
machine is running at full speed at no load.
Failure to do so may cause the gearbox to jam
and damage the machine.