Use and Care Manual

OPERATE THE PLANER MACHINE

• Always use protective safety wear and observe safety

rules.

• Never stand directly in the pathway of the workpiece,

including infeed and outfeed, to avoid injury. The

operator should stand on the side of the elevation crank

handle.

• Feed the workpiece with the grain as much as

possible. That is, at the contact point, the grain points to

the same direction as that of rotating cutterhead. For

this planer machine, the grain direction on the top of the

workpiece should point towards the front of the machine.

• Place the workpiece on the infeed table. The surface to

be planed should be faced up.

• With the planer properly set up, turn the machine on.

• Hold the workpiece firmly and advance towards the

infeed roller slowly.

• Stop pushing or pulling the workpiece once it is

engaged by the infeed roller.

• The infeed roller will move the workpiece automatically

through the planer.

• For long workpiece, gently support the weight of the

workpiece while it is moved in and out of the planer to

stabilize the workpiece and decrease snipe.

• Move to the back of machine to receive the workpiece.

Do not pull.

• Use the return roller on the top of the planer to help

transport big workpiece back to infeed side.

• Use the entire width of the cutterhead to avoid uneven

wear of knives.

• For precision woodworking, measure thickness with

calipers after each planing.

OPERATION