Platen Tilt
Stop
Platen Tilt
Lock Lever
Figure 50. Platen seated in horizontal position against stop with the lock lever tightened.
Back Stop
Figure 51. Incorrect face sanding away from
back stop.
Horizontal Sanding
The steps below show you how to sand the face of a basic workpiece.
Always wear a dust mask and safety glasses when operating this machine. Sawdust may cause aller- gicreactions or respiratory problems.
Make sure loose clothing and long hair is secured and kept away from moving parts.
Keep fingers away from the sanding back stop and belt. Otherwise, you 
can be injured.
To sand the face of a workpiece, do these steps:
1.Put your safety glasses and dust mask on, start the dust collector and your sander.
2.Tilt platen from the vertical position to the horizontal position and lock. See Figure 50.
Back Stop
Figure 52. Correct face sanding.
Make sure you adjust the vertical belt tracking. DO NOT ignore this adjustment. Otherwise, the belt can immediately run off the sander when the sander is started and cause personal injury.
3.Adjust the vertical belt tracking. Ref. Page 19.
4.Set the workpiece against the back stop and on the table.
5.Carefully sand the workpiece so the grain fol- lows the belt direction with even pressure back and fourth along the back stop. See Figure 52.