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LOGOSOL CH3
PLANER
SIDE CUTTER SETUP
SETUP
Once you know the final measurements of the
workpiece, it's time to set up the side cutters. When
the drawing is to be used for setting up the planer,
the planer table is regarded as "0" for the finished
workpiece.
The spindles on which the side cutters are mounted
are preset so that the distance to "0" is 20 mm. This
means that the centre line of the mounted knife will
be level with the planer table if no shims are moun-
ted on the spindle.
Based on the moulding drawing, the side
cutters must be positioned according to the
height of the finished workpiece. For most
setups, you want to place the centre line of
the planer knife at the middle of the finished
workpiece.
To describe the vertical setup, we start from a
finished workpiece that is to be 20 mm; the
centre line of this is then half the measurement
(10 mm). This means that the cutter body must
be shimmed up 10 mm to place the centre line
of the planer knife at the centre of the finished
workpiece. This principle works with all setups
where the centre of the knife is to be placed at
the centre of the finished workpiece.
Once the fixed cutter is positioned, just place
the same shims under the movable cutter so
that they end up at the same height.
0
20mm
20mm
10mm
10mm
10mm
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