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The knives should as far as possible be covered by the guard.
Small workpieces should be fed through the planer with the aid of a home-made pusher to prevent
injury to the hands. Sandpaper can be stuck to the underside of the pusher to make it grip better
(see Sketch 8).
The fence fitted to the planer is adjustable across the table and also for height; in addition, it can
be canted up to 45
°
in either direction, and is fitted with a protractor.
Sketch 6
Sketch 7
Sketch 8
Sketch 9
The fence can therefore be used for planing
bevels on narrow edges. The transverse
adjustment of the fence is particularly useful
since it enables the full width of the knives
to be uti I ised.
If the fence were always left in the same
place when planing narrow workpieces, the
knives would soon become blunt.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR SURFACE
PLANERS
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The cutter block should be covered by the
guard to the fullest possible extent; this
applies in particular when jointing and
when planing narrow workpieces.
Always use sharp knives. This greatly
reduces the danger of the workpiece
kicking back.
Always use a pusher when feeding smal I
workpieces through the machine.
Use the palms of the hand and not the tips
of the fingers to press the workpieces down
against the table.
Before starting to feed a workpiece through
the planer clear away any shavings from
the tables by blowing or by brushing them
with a piece of wood.
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