Knife Setting
Unplug your Planer/Moulder from its power source.
WARNING: Always unplug your planer from its power source before changing knives and mould- ing cutters.
When installing the planer knives, orient the knife in the cutterhead as shown in Figure 8. Your Planer/Moulder comes with a knife setting gauge to aid in uniform knife setting. Place the gauge on the cutterhead next to the jack screws with the feet of the knife setting gauge firmly resting against the cutterhead. Adjust the jack screws until the knife just touches the gauge with the gib just barely snug.
NOTE: The knives must rest firmly on the jack screws.
CAUTION: Planer knives are very sharp. Use care when handling knives.
Figure 8.
Figure 9. Adjusting the knives.
Knife height should be checked on the right and left of the knife. Make sure both ends are adjust- ed to the same height. Once the knife height is adjusted, snug down the gib screws a little more to make sure the knife doesn't shift. Repeat this procedure for the other two knives and then, go through all gib screws sequentially three times to tighten them to their final torque.
After running the machine for five minutes, stop, unplug, and make sure all of the gib screws are still tight.
CAUTION: The end of the knife is very suscepti- ble to chipping. Therefore, use caution when han- dling the gauge near the knives or you will dam- age the blades.
G1037 Planer / Moulder |