Grizzly G9860 owner manual Squaring Stock, Surface Plane on a Thickness Planer

Before turning the jointer ON, make sure the outfeed table height is properly set (refer to Page 19 for detailed instructions) to avoid workpiece kickback and to ensure good results. Kickback of the workpiece could cause serious personal injury!

Squaring Stock

Squaring stock involves four steps performed in the following order:

1.Surface Plane on the Jointer: The concave face of the workpiece is surface planed flat with the jointer (see Figure 36).

Figure 36. Surface planing on the jointer.

2.Surface Plane on a Thickness Planer:

The opposite face of the workpiece is sur- face planed flat with a thickness planer (see

Figure 37).

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Surface

Planed Face

Figure 37. Surface planing on a thickness

planer.

3.Edge Joint on the Jointer: The concave edge of the workpiece is jointed flat with the jointer (see Figure 38).

Figure 38. Edge jointing on the jointer.

4.Rip Cut on a Table Saw: The jointed edge of the workpiece is placed against the table saw fence and the opposite edge is cut off (see Figure 39).

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	Jointed Edge
	
	

Figure 39. Rip cutting on a table saw.

Making adjustments to the jointer while the machine is ON greatly increases the risk to the operator from the rotating cutterhead. ALWAYS make sure the jointer is OFF and disconnected from power before performing adjustments, maintenance, or service on the machine!

Extreme Series Jointer (Mfg. Since 9/11) -27-