Sanding Workpiece
Typically, no more than 0.5mm (approx. 1⁄64") of material is removed during each pass. Attempts to remove too much material can cause jamming, wood burning, rapid paper wear or tearing, poor finish, short motor life. Make sure that you mea- sure the workpiece thickness before and after every pass.
The following is the correct sanding operating procedure:
1.Put on safety glasses, a dust mask, and hearing protection!
2.Turn ON the dust collector.
3.On the initial pass, set the table so the sand- paper is 0.25" above the workpiece.
Note: This initial pass setting eliminates the chance of overloading the sander on unde- tected high points on the workpiece.
4.Continue to raise the table 0.0625" between each successive pass until the sander begins to sand the workpiece.
NOTICE
It may be necessary to send wide stock through the sander two or three times between table height adjustments. This reduces the likelihood of burning the wood if there is a high spot.
Platen Adjustment
Your sander is equipped with an adjustable felt platen and graphite pad for those extra sensitive sanding operations. The platen position allows for 3 basic types of sanding. These different posi- tions can be adjusted by rotating the height lever shown in Figure 18.
Scale and | Height | |
Lever | ||
Pointer | ||
Lock | ||
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| Lever |
Figure 18. Platen height controls.
Using the platen:
For an initial
For an
For a
Note: The platen scale is broken down in arbi- trary increments.
G0445/G0582/G9962Z/9962ZX Wide Belt Sander