Additional Safety for Planers
INSTRUCTION MANUAL: Be aware of correct operation and potential safety hazards. Read and understand this entire manual before starting the planer.
INFEED CLEARANCE: The infeed roller is always spinning while machine is in operation. Keep hands, cloth- ing, and long hair away from the infeed area to prevent anything from being pulled into the planer and prevent serious injury.
BODY POSITION: There is a chance that the material or work piece may kick back toward you during opera- tion. Always stand to the side of the planer during the entire operation. NEVER place your face close to planer to look inside while planer is running.
PLANING MATERIAL: Thickness planers are designed to plane natural solid wood stock. Trying to plane MDF, plywood, laminates, or other synthetic or
GRAIN: Always plane in the same direction or at a slight angle with the wood grain. Planing across the grain is hard on the planer and may cause the work piece to kick back.
CLEAN STOCK: Always inspect and clean stock of nails, staples, or loose knots or other debris. This debris can kick back at the operator and will damage your knives when they contact the cutter head.
CUTTING CAPACITIES: Do not push the planer beyond its listed capacities. Material kick back may result and injury to operator or damage to machine may result:
•Maximum Depth of Cut ...................... 1/8"
•Minimum Board Length ..................... 12"
•Minimum Board Thickness ................ 1/4"
•Maximum # of Boards at One Time ..... 1
PLANER COVERS: Never remove guards or covers while operating planer. Wood chips fly around inside the planer at a very high rate of speed and could cause seriously injury.
JAMMED WORK PIECES: ! WARNING: Always stop the planer and disconnect power before removing jams. Never attempt to remove jammed work pieces and never reach into dust hood to remove clogs when the planer is running serious injury may result.
DULL/DAMAGED KNIVES: Dull or damaged knives will not only give poor finish results but may kick back, that can cause personal injury.
CHANGING KNIVES: Disconnect machine from power source. ! CAUTION: Planer knives are sharp, handle them with care.
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS: ! WARNING: Magnetic switches may start when bumped. Make sure planer is disconnected from power source before performing any service or maintenance to the machine. Failure to do so may cause serious personal injury.
PLANER USE: ! WARNING:Do not use this planer for other than its intended use. Failure to do so could result in serious personal injury, damage to equipment, or poor work results.
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