Beveling
To cut a bevel, lock the fence at the required angle and run the work piece across the knives while keeping it firmly against the fence and tables. Several passes may be necessary to achieve the desired result.
Although the fence may be tilted in or out for a bevel cut, it is recommended for safety reasons that the fence be tilted in toward the operator, making a cradled cut.
Direction of Grain
Avoid feeding work into the jointer against the grain. This may result in chipped and splintered edges. See Figure 39. Feed with the grain to obtain a smooth surface, as shown in Figure 40.
Maintenance
Blade Care
Blades are extremely sharp! Use caution when cleaning or changing. Failure to comply may cause
serious injury!
Figure 39
Figure 40
When gum and pitch collect on the blades, carefully remove with a strong solvent. Failure to remove gum and pitch build up may result in excessive friction, blade wear and overheating.
When blades become dull, touch up blades. See Sharpening the Knives.
Sharpening the Knives
Blades are extremely sharp! Use caution when handling.
Failure to comply may cause serious injury!
1.Disconnect the machine from the power source.
Figure 41
the cutterhead pulley while sliding the stone back and forth across the table.
2.Remove the blade guard and belt cover.
3.To protect the infeed table from scratches, partially cover the sharpening stone with paper (Figure 41).
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
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.
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