Additional Safety Instructions for Planers
SAFETY
READ and understand this entire instruction manual before using this machine. Serious personal injury may occur if safety and operational information is not understood and followed. DO NOT risk your safety by not reading!
USE this and other machinery with caution and respect, and always consider safety first, as it applies to your individual working conditions. Remember, no list of safety guidelines can be complete, and every shop environment is different. Failure to follow guidelines can result in serious personal injury, damage to equipment or poor work results.
1.Always make sure the planer is on firm ground and is stable before operating. Never use the planer if it wobbles or is unstable.
2.Always inspect the workpiece before running it through the planer. Stock with loose knots, nails, staples, dirt or other foreign objects should be rejected from use or corrected by eliminating the condition that makes it questionable.
3.Always make sure that all components of the planer are adjusted to their proper specifications before planing stock.
4.Always use the help of another person or some type of support fixture when planing long stock.
5.Never stand behind the workpiece when you are feeding it into the planer; the workpiece could possibly kick back and be thrown in the direction from which it came.
6.Never operate the planer if knives are dull or damaged. Sharp knives are safer and produce better final results.
7.Never process any material through the planer other than wood. This planer is designed for wood only!
8.Always take multiple light cuts rather than excessively deep cuts.
9.Never attempt to free a stalled workpiece while the planer is connected to a power source.
10.Never reach inside the planer or open the top cover while the planer is connected to a power source.
11.Never plane wood that is less than 8" long or less than 3⁄16" thick.
12.Always wear hearing protection when operating the planer.
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