Sharpening the Knives
WARNING
Blades are extremely sharp! Use caution when handling. Failure to comply may cause serious injury!
1.Disconnect the machine from the power source.
2.Remove the fence, blade guard and belt cover.
3.To protect the infeed table from scratches, par- tially cover the sharpening stone with paper. (Fig. 30)
4.Lay the stone on the infeed table.
5.Lower the infeed table and turn the cutterhead by turning the cutterhead pulley. The infeed table height is set properly when the stone’s surface is flush with the knife bevel.
6.Keep the cutterhead from rotating by grasping the cutterhead pulley while sliding the stone back and forth across the table.
7.Take the same amount of passes for all three blades.
When the blades have been sharpened and still are not cutting efficiently, trying to touch up the blades further will only cause the formation of a second beveled edge. When this starts to happen, it is time to replace blades with another set.
It is recommended to keep a second set of blades on hand so that they may be installed while the first set is being professionally sharpened.
Cutterhead Removal
WARNING
Blades in the cutterhead are sharp! Use
extreme caution when handling the removal of the cutterhead. Failure to comply may cause serious injury!
The entire cutterhead assembly may be removed for cleaning or for bearing and blade replacement. Some woodworkers keep a spare cutterhead with replacement blades should the original cutterhead have to be repaired.
To remove the cutterhead (including bearings, studs, and housing) from the base casting:
1.Disconnect the machine from the power source.
2.Remove the fence assembly, cutterhead guard, and belt guard.
3.Remove the
4.Loosen set screw (A, Fig. 31) using a hex wrench and remove the cutterhead pulley (B, Fig. 31) and key (C, Fig. 31).
5.Remove nuts (D, Fig. 31) and lock washers (E, Fig. 31).
6.Lift assembly straight up. Studs (F, Fig. 31) will still be attached to the bearing housings.
7.Before replacing the cutterhead back into the cast- ing, thoroughly clean the “saddle” and the bearing housings of saw dust and grease so that they seat properly.
8.To
Fig. 30
Fig. 31
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