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8. Maintenance
- cont.
To remove the planer knives
1. Disconnect the machine from the electricity
supply.
2. Remove the planer fence.
3. Raise the cutterblock guard extrusion and pull
it outwards fully.
4. Turn each of the four screws of the planer
knife lock bar fully inwards.
Fig 8.2.
5. The wedge and knife should now move freely
inside the block. Ease the knife off of the front
of the wedge
Fig 8.3
and remove from the
block. The wedge can now be removed as well.
New knives can now be fitted or the existing
knives turned over
6. Before re-fitting, clean the wedges & knives
thoroughly with white spirit, even the smallest
amount of swarf or timber resin can prevent the
knife from seating properly. Also give the slot in
the actual block a wipe down with white spirit.
7. Once the components are clean, treat with a
lubricant such as silicone. Check the operation
of the jacking mechanism in the wedge
Fig 8.5
,
and clean and lubricate this as well.
8. Now re-fit into the cutter block. Place the
wedge in first then fit the knife on to the wedge
ensuring the pins seat into the location holes in
the knife
Fig 8.6
.
9. Turn the four locking nuts anti-clockwise
Fig
8.7
and tighten enough to hold the knife, but
not so hard that it cannot move. The knives now
need setting The principle is simply: To raise the
height of the knife tighten the jacking screw, to
lower slacken off the jacking screw.
For detailed instruction on setting the
knives see page 16.
10. Return the cutterblock guard to its original
position.
11. Mount the Rip fence and the machine is
ready for use. See
Fig.4.10, Fig.4.11 and
Fig 4.12.
CAUTION! Ensure the machine is
disconnected from the power supply.
Fig.8.5
Jacking screw
i
Kg
i
Kg
4 x locking nuts
Fig.8.7
Fig.8.2
4 x locking nuts
Fig.8.3
Easing the knife off
the front of the wedge
and removing
Fig.8.6
Pins and location holes
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