Setup & Operation
Edging
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Setup & Operation
3.12 Edging
The following steps guide you through edging boards on the Wood-Mizer sawmill.
1.
Raise the side supports to 1/2 the height of the flitches, or the boards that need to be edged.
2.
Stack the flitches on edge against the side supports.
3.
Clamp the flitches against the side supports halfway up the flitch height. (Wider flitches should be placed to
the clamp side. When they are edged, flip them over to edge the second side without disturbing the other
flitches or without having to pull them from the middle of the stack.)
4.
Adjust the blade height to edge a few of the widest boards.
5.
Loosen the clamps and turn the edged boards over to edge the other side.
6.
Repeat steps 2-4.
7.
Loosen the clamps and remove the boards that have good clean edges on both sides. Clamp the remaining
flitches and repeat steps 2-5.
3.13 Blade Height Scale
See Figure 3-4.
The blade height scale is mounted on the vertical mast. It includes:
a blade height indicator
centimeter scale (or quarter inch scale).
Blade Height Indicator
The blade height indicator has two horizontal, red lines on both sides. Readings should be taken with eyes
level with the indicator, when the two red lines are in line. This will allow to avoid the parallax error (different
scale readings depending on the angle of vision).
FIG. 3-4
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Scale
Blade Height Indicator
