Bedboard
Due to the high relief nature of the moulding cut- ters, it is essential that a bedboard be used to ensure that the knives do not come into contact with the planer bed. The bedboard also needs side rails or fences to guide the stock through the machine. Always use a bedboard so the knife does not come into contact with the cast iron bed of your Planer/Moulder. Before installing the moulding knives, construct and install a bedboard and fence system as described below.
WARNING: Always use a bedboard when oper- ating a planer with moulding cutter knives. Failure to use a bedboard with custom moulding knives can damage the knives, planer bed and cutter.
Make your bedboard out of dimensionally stable, low friction material. Guides should be clamped in place with bolts mounted in the bedboard or by C- clamps. Size and or placement of the guides will will change depending upon moulding knife selection, width of stock and profile placement on the stock.
Once your bedboard is securely mounted, adjust the guides so they are in line with the moulding knives. Proper adjustment of the guides will assure quality cut mouldings. To adjust the guides, unplug the machine, lower the bed and place a piece of stock of correct width to be moulded under the cutterhead. Loosely adjust your guides to the stock. Rotate the cutterhead pulley by hand and see if the moulding knife will line up with the stock. Adjust accordingly on the infeed and outfeed side until the moulding knife and stock are lined up. When properly adjusted, firmly tighten the clamps securing the bed guides.
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