To inspect the cutterhead, gib, and knives

Before re-installing the knives, the cutterhead, gib and knife must be inspected. Neglecting to inspect these components may result in damage to the planer.

To inspect the cutterhead, gib, and knives:

1.DISCONNECT PLANER FROM POWER!

2.Carefully clean the cutterhead with a rag and inspect the following:

•Make sure the threaded screw holes do not contain wood material or sawdust.

•Make sure that the hex socket and the threads of all hex screws are in good condition. Replace if questionable.

•Make sure any resin or glue buildup on the cutterhead, gib, and knives is removed so the knife and gib will sit flat on the cutterhead.

•Make sure the knives are free of cracks. If any cracks exist, replace both knives.

To maintain accurate and consistent planing results, we do not recommend sharpening the knives. Instead, replace the knives when they get dull.

The knives on the Model G0663 Planer are revers- ible and should always be reversed or replaced as a matched set. To avoid downtime, we recom- mend having an extra set of knives for your planer (Model T20413 in the Grizzly catalog or website). Once the cutterhead, gib, and knives have been inspected and prepared, install the knives.

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To install the knives:

1.DISCONNECT PLANER FROM POWER!

2.Using the magnets, position the knife over the two pins on the cutterhead. Be sure the knife is oriented with the beveled edge up, as shown in Figure 22.

Beveled Edge Up

Pins

Figure 22. Knife installation.

3.Using the magnets, replace the gib over the knife. Secure the gib with the six screws in the locations shown in Figure 23.

Figure 23. Gib installation.

4.Depress the safety latch, then carefully rotate the cutterhead towards you approximately ¼ turn. Release the safety latch and continue rotating the cutterhead until the second knife slot is exposed and the safety latch again engages.

Grizzly G0663 owner manual To inspect the cutterhead, gib, and knives, To install the knives