G0677 24" Planer/Sander
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Front Stop Button: Stops all electrical power to
motors in the event of an emergency, and stops
the sanding drum with an air-disc brake.
Power Light: Indicates the machine is connected
to power.
Digital Controls
Digital Table Height Key Pad (see Figure 26):
This controls motorized table height adjustments.
To use the display, the power must be
ON, air
must be connected, both stop switches must be
reset, and all access doors must be closed and
locked.
Additional Controls
Table Height Handwheel: Manually raises or
lowers the conveyor table in increments less than
0.005" to fine-tune the sanding depth. One full
turn of the handwheel changes the height of the
table 0.020."
Plate: Stops electricity to the motors and applies
an air-disc brake to stop the planer/sander imme-
diately.
Figure 27. Additional front controls.
Table Height
Handwheel
Emergency
Stop Plate
Figure 26. Digital table height key pad.
Table Down
Table
UP
Numerical
Key Pad
Set Key
Table
Start
Table
Stop
Digital Display
•
Digital Display: This window shows the cur-
rent table position from the sanding drum (i.e.
workpiece thickness).
•
Set Key: Use to calibrate table position or
switch between standard/metric display. To
calibrate the display at the current board
thickness, enter the thickness, then press
and hold the
key for 3 seconds (refer
to
Page 42 for further detail). To toggle the
display between metric and standard mea-
surement, press and hold the
key for 10
seconds.
•
Table Start Key: Activates the table to move
to the position entered through the keypad.
Enter the desired thickness the workpiece the
using the key pad, then press the
key. The
table will move to the depth you entered.
•
Table Stop Key: Stops table and cancels
key pad entry. Press the
key to immedi-
ately stop the table if it is moving up or down.
If you enter the wrong depth of cut value in
the digital display, press the
key to clear
and reset it to current table position.
•
Table Up and Down Keys: Press the
or key
to quickly raise or lower the table
in 0.005" (0.125mm) increments—to fit the
workpiece between the cutterhead/sanding
drum and the table. Or press these keys
to incrementally raise the workpiece during
planding and sanding operations. Refer to
Page 29 for instructions on planing and sand-
ing workpieces.
•
Numerical Key Pad
:
Allows operator to enter
a specific table height. Press the 0–9 keys as
needed to enter the desired thickness of your
workpiece. The display will flash until you
press the
key.
Example: If your input is 2.15", then you
would press the following keys:
,
then press the
key. The table will move to
that height.
