Operator`s manual

ESTABLISH ABSOLUTE ZERO
• Turn on the digital display. It turns on in absolute
mode.
• Plane one side of a scrap board at an appropriate
and safe cutting depth (1/16"for example).
• Raise the table by the same amount (1/16"),then turn
the board over and plane the other side. Do not
move the table from the current position.
• Measure the planed board carefully with calipers.
This measurement of the finished board is the equiv-
alent of the distance from table to blade.
• Input the measurement on the calipers into the digi-
tal display. Refer to the instructions above involving
the SET button function to input this number into
your digital display.
USING RELATIVE MEASUREMENT MODE
• The absolute setting, for which you should have
already established the zero point, give the thickness
of your finished board after cutting (distance from
table to cutterhead).
• The relative measurement mode is useful for mea-
suring only the amount of stock that you wish to
remove (i.e., depth of cut), and eliminates having to
add or subtract to find the proper setting. It is espe-
cially helpful when planing many boards to the same
thickness.
Here is an example using relative measurement:
• You have planed a board at a setting of 1" at
absolute measurement. Do not move the table from
this position. You wish to increase the depth of cut on
the next run by 0.032".
• Press ABS button to start relative measurement
mode ("INC" will appear on the display).
• Follow the previous instructions on using the SET
button function. You would input zeros for all digits,
thus establishing zero setting for relative measure-
ment mode.
• After setting relative zero, bring the table up until the
digital display reads "0.32" inches in relative mea-
surement mode. You can now plane your board with
exact results. Of course, you can now toggle back
and forth between relative and absolute mode (by
pressing ABS button) and get both stock thickness
and depth of cut readings at the same time.
ADJUSTING BLADE HEIGHT
Refer to Figures 7, 8 and 21, pages 8 and 20.
CAUTION: Planer blades are very sharp. Use leather
gloves to protect hands from injury and exercise caution
when adjusting blades.
WARNING: Disconnect planer from power source
before adjusting planer.
To produce even surface on a workpiece, the blade
edges must be the same distance from axis of cutter-
head. The blade height comes adjusted from the factory
and should not require any adjustment. However, if
adjustments are required:
• Loosen and remove hex head bolts and washers
(Key Nos. 38 and 39) and remove chip chute (Key
No. 56).
• Loosen and remove socket head bolts and washers
(Key Nos. 38 and 39) and remove chipbreaker cover
(Key No. 54).
• Loosen six gib screws (Key No. 7) on the cutterhead
to loosen the cutterhead gib (Key No. 6).
Blade
Height Leg
Gauge ....... '_
Screw
Gib_ "-Blade
Figure 7 - Blade Height Adjustment
• Position the blade height gauge assembly (Key No.
8) on the cutterhead so that both the legs of the
gauge rest firmly on the cutterhead. Remove chip
deflector plate (Key No. 47) if required.
• The blade edge must just make contact with the tab
on the blade height gauge. Adjust blade height by
turning the jack screw (Key No. 4).
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Fi_lure 8 - Checkin_l Blade Hei_lht
• Repeat the previous two steps to adjust the blade
height on the other end of the blade.
• Secure blade and gib by tightening gib screws.
Tighten outside gib screws first, and then, working
towards center, tighten the remaining gib screws.
• Repeat the above steps for remaining blades.
Securely tighten all gib screws.
• Replace chip deflector plate.
• Replace cutterhead cover.
• Replace chip chute.