Blade Guard
The blade guard protects the operator from the cutterhead blades. It must be functioning cor- rectly before performing any jointing operation.
To make sure the blade guard is functioning correctly, do these steps:
1.UNPLUG THE JOINTER!
2.Adjust the infeed table even with the out- feed table.
3.Slide a piece of wood across the jointer as if performing an actual jointing operation.
•The blade guard should rotate enough to allow the wood to pass over the cutter- head (Figure 30).
•Once the wood has passed over the cut- terhead, the blade guard should swing completely back over the cutterhead.
4.Swing the blade guard completely open and release it.
•The blade guard should swing complete- ly back over the cutterhead.
