Setup
Leveling lower cutter straight planer knives
Setup
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See Figure 3-2.
Leveling lower cutter straight planer knives
TOOLS NEEDED:
10 mm open-end wrench (supplied)
4 mm hex wrench (supplied)
A straight edge (a carpenter's square is shown)
Gloves
The lower cutter straight planing knives should be adjusted so they lie level with and par-
allel to the cast iron cutter table.
WARNING!
Before adjusting the knives on this machine always turn
off the electrical circuit supplying power to the machine. Failure to fol-
low this may result in serious injury or death.
IMPORTANT!
Do not put a straight edge through the machine across
the nylon inserts to adjust these knives. Use the following procedure to
set these knives accurately:
NOTE:
You can use a short piece of straight metal or a metal block for
this, just ensure that the metal part is
straight
and long enough to
bridge across the planer opening as shown in pictures below.
A car-
penter’s square base is recommended.
FIG. 3-2
Moulding knife
Straight planer knife
Knife height
adjusting screw
10 mm open end
wrench (supplied)
Gib for
moulding knife
Gib
NOTE:
This item often goes by
many names - wedge, chip
breaker, block, knife lock bar,
clamp, or gib. For this manual,
it will be referred to as “
gib
.”
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