Powermatic PM15 operating instructions Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Warranty and Service	2
Table of Contents	3
Warning	4
Introduction	6
Specifications	6
Unpacking	7
Contents of the Shipping Container	7
Installation and Assembly	7
Installing Dust Chute	8
Installing Handwheel	8
Electrical Connections	8
Extension Cords	9
Adjustments	9
Belt Tension	9
Planer Knife Replacement	9
Sharpening Knives	10
Depth of Cut	11
Feed Rate	11
The Planer’s Feed System	11
Leveling Cutterhead with Bed	14
Interlock Switch	15
Caster Lock	15
Operation	15
Kinds of Warp	15
Planing to Desired Thickness	16
Depth of Cut	16
Thickness Planing Steps	16
Planing for Finish	17
Introduction to Molding	17
Pattern Knives	17
Optional Bedboard and Guide	17
Homemade Bedboard	18
Homemade Featherboard	18
Homemade Guide Set-Up for Edge Molding	18
Installing Single Pattern Knives	18
Installing Three-Knife Set	19
Pattern Knife Clearance	19
Installing Bedboard	20
Face Molding with pattern knives	20
Edge Molding with pattern knives	21
Edge Planing	21
Common Molding Applications	21
Maintenance	23
Lubrication	23
Replacement Parts	28
Parts List: Base Assembly	29
Base Assembly	30
Parts List: Gearbox Assembly	31
Gearbox Assembly	32
Parts List: Stand Assembly	33
Stand Assembly	34
Parts List: Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly	35
Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly	37
Electrical Connections	38

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