SECTION 6: MAINTENANCE
Always disconnect power to the machine before performing maintenance. Failure to do this may result in serious person- al injury.
Schedule
For optimum performance from your machine, follow this maintenance schedule and refer to any specific instructions given in this section.
Daily:
•Clean unpainted cast iron part of table
•Lubricate feed rollers
Weekly Maintenance:
•Clean cutterhead
•Lubricate four columns
Monthly Check:
•Inspect
•Clean/vacuum dust buildup from inside cabi- net and off motor
•Lubricate worm gear
•Lubricate chain
•Lubricate drive chain
Yearly:
•Change gear box oil (should be performed after the first 20 hours when planer is new).
Cleaning
Vacuum excess wood chips and sawdust, and wipe off the remaining dust with a dry
V-Belts
Always replace
Consider replacing stock belts with Power Twist
To adjust/replace belts the V-belts:
1.DISCONNECT THE PLANER FROM THE POWER SOURCE!
2.Open the motor access panel and
3.Using a 19mm wrench, loosen the fasteners on the tension rods shown in Figure 23.
Figure 23. Fasteners needed to be loosened for
V-belt replacement.
4.Lift the motor up and slide the V-belts off of the pulleys.
5.Slide the new belts onto the pulley, lower the motor, and tighten the fasteners loosened in
Step 3.
Model G1033X (Mfg. since 4/10)