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The maximum depth for a moulding cut in soft wood is 3⁄4" deep. However, the harder the wood or the more knots it has, the shallower the cut, and the slower the feed rate must be.

The basic steps of operating the machine as a moulder are as follows:

(. DISCONNECT THE PLANER/MOULDER FROM POWER!

2.Review the Workpiece Inspection list on Page 23 and the AVOIDING KICKBACK warning on this page.

3.Review Moulding Do's and Don'ts on Page 26, and take the appropriate safety measures.

4.Adjust the guide rails against the sides of the workpiece so the workpiece is guided into the planer blades without binding, then tighten the rail lock levers.

5.If you have not already done so, adjust the feed roll- ers and spring tension as outlined in the Feed Roller Height and Spring Tension section on Page 21.

6.Loosen the headstock lock lever, and use the handwheel (Figure 42) to adjust the headstock down far enough to make a full pass.

7.Put on heavy leather gloves and rotate the cutterhead manually to verify that the knives do not contact the table or the guide rails.

8.PUT ON SAFETY GLASSES, EAR PROTECTION, AND A RESPIRATOR.

9.Turn the feed speed control dial to a slow speed and start the machine. Finding the best feed rate will be a process of trial-and-error based on finding a bal- ance between the wood type, moulding knife profile, and the quality of finish desired.

10.Stand to the side of the table, place the workpiece on the table, and slowly feed it into the machine until the feed roller begins to pull the workpiece.

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AVOIDING KICKBACK!

•Always stand to one side of the machine.

•Always check and reset outfeed roller height after changing knives.

•Always plane WITH the grain direction of the wood. Never plain cross-grain or end-grain.

•Do not make a second pass after cutting the initial profile. The first pass has full roller-to-workpiece contact, but on the second pass, both the infeed and outfeed rollers have minimum contact and the workpiece may be ejected.

•Use roller stands to support long workpieces.

•Carefully inspect all stock to make sure it is free of large knots and foreign objects.

	Headstock
	Height Handwheel
	Handwheel
	Scale
Depth Stop	Headstock
	Height Scale

Figure 42. Depth control and scales.