Moulding Knives

Moulding cutter knives fit directly into the center of each cutterhead slot and can be used with the planer blades so that you can actually plane and mould in one pass.

The Planer/Moulder accepts two thicknesses of cutters: 1⁄8'' and 1⁄4''. For the 1⁄8'' cutter thickness, only loosen the gib, using a piece of aluminum or brass to tap down the wedge piece. For 1⁄4'' thick- ness, remove the gib and the wedge piece and replace with the special gibs for the 1⁄4'' thickness. These gibs are supplied with each set of mould- ing knives.

WARNING: Always unplug the Planer/Moulder from its power source before changing knives and moulding cutters.

1.To Remove the wedge piece, loosen the gib screws in the center gib using an Allen wrench. Use the included brass punch and tap the gib down into the cutterhead slot. Figure 13. The wedge will then be loose and can be removed. Figure 14. The gibs can also be moved so the moulding cutters can be installed on either end of the cutterhead.

Figure 13.

Figure 14.

2.Mount the stamped steel ''L'' bracket supplied with the moulder to the headstock and posi- tion it laterally to correspond with the location of the fence directly below it. Insert each knife to full depth in the cutterhead and slide it side- ways until it just touches the 'L' bracket. Lightly tighten the setscrews in the gib just enough to keep the knife from moving in the cutterhead. Install the other knives in the same manner. Now tighten the gibs in 4-5 stages to assure that the clamping pressures are evenly distributed through all the gibs. Do not over tighten the setscrews to prevent stripping the threads in the gibs.

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