Operation Tips
•Inspect lumber for defects, warping, cup- ping, twisting, and for foreign objects (nails, staples, imbedded gravel, etc,). If you have any question about the quality of your lum- ber, do not use it. Remember, wood stacked on a concrete floor can have small pieces of stone or concrete pressed into the surface.
•Use the full width of the planer. Alternate between the left, the right, and the middle when feeding lumber into the planer. Your cutters will remain sharp much longer.
•Scrape all glue off of joined boards before planing.
•Plane ONLY natural wood fiber. No wood composites (OSB, MDF, particle board, etc.).
•Plane wood with the grain. Never feed
•Do not use boards with loose or large knots, splits, crossgrain or other obvious blemishes or defects. They can damage the machine and pose the possibility of operator injury.
•Keep your work area clear.
•When making multiple passes through the planer on long stock, use the stock return rollers on the top of the machine to move the material back to the infeed side of the machine.
•Avoid planing wood with a high water con- tent. Wood with more than 20% moisture content or wood exposed to rain or snow, will plane poorly and cause excessive wear to the cutters and motor. Excess moisture can also hasten rust and corrosion.
Feed Speed
The infeed and outfeed rollers power the stock through the planer while keeping boards flat and providing a consistent rate of movement.
The power feed features high/low feed rates. Use the different feed rates as stated below:
Low Feed Rate | Dimensioning Pass |
High Feed Rate | Finishing Pass |
Figure 12 illustrates the three different posi- tions of the feed control knob. Moving the knob toward the machine (Position B) produces the high feed speed (20 FPM) moving away from the machine (Position D) produces the low speed (16 FPM) and moving the knob to the center position (Position C) places the gearbox in neutral.
The speed should only be changed when the machine is running.
NOTICE
Only change the speeds when the planer is running, but DO NOT attempt to change speeds during any cutting operations or damage to the gearbox will result.
