REPLACING INSTALLING PLANER BLADES
After unplugging the tool, you may remove the planer blades on the tool drum by un- screwing the three installation bolts with the socket wrench provided. The clamp plate comes off together with the blades. See Photo.
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When you install new or sharpened blades, | Fig. 3 | |
H e x . flange hd. bo | ||
first clean out a l l chips or foreign matter |
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adhering to the drum or blades. Use blades |
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of the same dimensions and weight, or |
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drum oscillation/vibralion will result, caus- | Drum | |
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ing poor planing action and, eventually, | Planer blade | |
tool breakdown. | Blade c l a m p pla | |
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Screw the blade onto the adjust plate, slip | ||
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it intd the groove on the drum, then fit the blade clamp on over it. Fasten with hex flange hd. bolt. See diagram a t above.
When properly installed, the side of the blade should be flush with the outside edge of the front and back shoes.
For rabbeting, the edge of the blade should be made to protrude outside slight- ly (0.3 mm - 0.6 mm : 1/64” - 1/32”). Otherwise, nicks and generally poor rab- beting results.
Using blade gauge for even blade setting
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Although the blade protrusion for desired cutting depth IS easily obtainea by turning the front knob, the setting of the blade itself in relation to the work may require adjustment This is done convenientlywith the blade gauge provided.
First, remove the blade from the tool by unscrewing the hex bolts. Now set the blade on the gauge base so that the cutting edge of the blade is perfectly flush with the inside sur- face of the gauge plate. Loosen the screws on the adjust plate (if they are not already so), then simply press in the heel of the adjust plate flush with the back side of the gauge base and tighten the two Phillips screws on top. This insures that your blade tip will be set properly when remounted in the tool so as to provide perfectly even planing.
(1) Set blade tip flush with inside surface of gauge
plate
(2) Press in heel of adjust p l a t e flush with back sidp of gauge base
(3)Tighten two Phillips screws to hold blade in place
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