Using Hold DOWN/PUSH Blocks

ALWAYS use the hold down/push blocks when JOINTING wood that is NARROWER than 3 in. or PLANING wood that is THINNER than 3 in.

Grasp the hold down/push blocks firmly with the fingers close together and wrapped around the handle. Position them flat on top of workpiece, and push the workpiece down against the table to provide a quality cut and minimize the chance of a kick- back.

Hold down pressure must be sufficient to prevent hold down/ push block from sliding or slipping on the surface of the work piece when advancing work piece over cutter head.

Use a hand-over-hand motion of the hold down/push blocks being careful to maintain control of the workpiece at all times.

This means that once the work piece has passed the cutter head

onto outfeed table, one hold down/push block must always maintain contact with the work piece with outfeed table.

When planing wood 3/4 in. thick and NARROWER than the hold down/push block, tilt the hold down/push block so that it clears the top of the cutter guard while feeding.

Never plane wood that is thinner than 1/2 in.,.because it is apt to split or shatter and thus has a greater tendency to kickback.

IF THE HOLD

SLIP WHILE FEEDING, CLEAN RUBBER SURFACE

_CAUTION:DOWN/PUSH BLOCKS TEND TO IMMEDIATELY WITH SANDPAPER.

HAND-OVER HAND

BEVELING AND CHAMFERING

The fence on your jointer-planer is adjustable from 45 ° inboard to 45 ° outboard. Adjust the fence to desired angle and tighten lock knobs.

BEVELING is the cutting of. an angle on the entire edge of a board, Beveling may require several passes due to the depth of cut needed to bevel entire edge of board.

OUTBOARD

TILT-_

BEVEL

EDGE

CHAMFER

EDGE

CHAMFERING is removing only the corner of the edge of a board. Normally a chamfer is made with one cut; therefore, a cut deeper than 1/16" may be made.