Use and Care Manual

OPERATION

WARNING! To avoid injury from accidental startups, always ensure that the tool is switched OFF and un-

plugged from the power supply before making any adjustments to the planer.

USING THE PARALLEL GUIDE FENCE

The parallel guide fence ensures that the planer travels parallel to

the edge of the wood , providing a straight cut at your desired

cutting width. This feature is helpful for planing door edges, wood

trim and boards. To attach the parallel guide fence:

1. Disconnect the planer from the power source.

2. Attach the parallel guide fence to the left-hand side of the planer

using the lock knob (Fig. 7 - 1).

3. Loosen the wing nut (Fig. 8 - 1) on the parallel guide fence and

slide the fence to set the desired cutting width indicated by the

ruler on the fence. Tighten the wing nut.

NOTE: To ensure a square cut, measure the front and back of the

fence and use a square to make sure the guide is set straight.

4. Rest the front shoe ﬂat on workpiece surface and position fence

ﬁrmly against edge of the workpiece (Fig. 8). Follow instructions

on p. 10 “Operating your Planer” to perform your cut.

USING THE RABBETING DEPTH GUIDE

A rabbet is a step-shaped cut made in the edge or face of a work-

piece, used to join one workpiece with another, and unfortunately

bearing no resemblance to the fuzzy creature. The rabbeting depth

guide can be adjusted anywhere from 0 to 7/10 of an inch above

the base of the planer.

1. Disconnect the planer from the power source.

2. Attach the rabbeting depth gauge to the right-hand side of the

planer using the lock knob (Fig. 9 - 1). Position the rabbeting depth

gauge to the desired height against the depth indication mark on

the side housing. Tighten the lock knob.

3. If desired, use the parallel guide fence in conjuction with the rab-

beting depth guide to create a straight rabbeting cut.

4. Make multiple progressive cuts to achieve the total cutting depth.

The required rabbeting depth is achieved when the depth gauge is

ﬂush with the unplaned section of the workpiece to the right-hand

side of the tool (Fig. 10).

NOTE: The rabbeting depth gauge allows only approximate depth

settings. If it is necessary to rabbet to a precise depth, plane a

scrap piece of wood, measure the rabbeted depth, and adjust the

setting as necessary.

Fig. 7

Cutting Width

Fig. 8

Fig. 9

Fig. 10

Rabbeting Depth