CAUTION: T oavoidcutting yourself, beverycareful
whenremoving, replacing a ndresetting knives.
KNIFE
REMOVAL
Figure
25
1/16" of Knife Protrusion from Cutterhead
1/16"
D
B
C
Knives (A), Knife-Locking Bars (B), and
Screws (C) must be assembled parallel
to the face (D) of the cutterhead groove.
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To avoid serious injury, disconnect jointer/planer from
power source.
CAUTION: The knife-edges are sharp. Do not touch or
you may be cut.
1.
Lower infeed table and remove cutter head guard.
2.
To relieve stress in the cutterhead, slightly loosen
screws in the three knife-locking bars.
3.
Further loosen screws in knife-locking bar and
remove knife-locking bar and knife. Repeat for the
other two locking bars and knives.
KNIFE REPLACEMENT
Figure 26
B
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To avoid serious injury, disconnect jointer/planer from
power source.
CAUTION: The knife-edges are sharp. Do not touch or
you may be cut.
1.
Make sure the cutterhead (A), knife-adjustment
blocks (C), knife-locking bars (F), and knives (D) are
clean and free of any gum or pitch. See Figure 26.
2.
Replace knife adjustment blocks into one cutterhead
groove.
3.
Replace knife-locking bar into same cutterhead
groove.
,
CAUTION: To avoid cutting yourself, take care when
handling knives. The knives are very sharp. Replace
new or re-sharpened knife in cutterhead.
NOTE:
SEE FIGURE 25 FOR CORRECTLY
INSTALLED
POSITION OF KNIFE AND LOCKING BAR.
5.
Slightly snug knife locking bar screws (E).
See Figure 26.
6.
Repeat steps for installing the other two knives.
7.
After the three knives are installed and knife locking
bar screws are slightly snug, adjust height of knives.
8.
Knives are adjusted properly when the edge of the
knife extends out 1/16" from the cutterhead.
9.
When all knives are properly adjusted, tighten the
knife-locking bar screws, tightening from the inside
to the outside.
10. Check that the outfeed table is perfectly level with
the knives at their highpoint.
If adjustments are
required, see "OUTFEED TABLE OPERATIONS".
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