Ricon 20-600H, Operator'S Manual

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ADJUSTMENTS

FIG. 29

REPLACING THE DRIVE BELT

1. Use the supplied 4MM Hex Key to loosen the 

screw of the belt guard and then remove the guard 

from the rear of the jointer. FIG. 28.
2. Remove the old belt. If the belt is stretched and 

loose enough, flex the belt outward while rotating the 

upper pulley clockwise to roll the belt off the pulleys. 
If the belt is tight and can not be moved off of the 

pulley, the belt tension can be released to permit the 

removal of the old belt and mounting of the new belt 

on the pulleys.                          
-  Loosen the 3 screws (FIG. 29, A), and push the 

lower motor pulley (B) upward.
-  Remove the old belt, and install the new belt onto 

the two pulleys.
-  Press down on the lower motor pulley to put 

tension back onto the belt, and tighten the 3 screws.

NOTE: 

Check the tension with thumb pressure. 

The drive belt should not give more than 1/4” in the 

center.  FIG. 30.
3.  Replace the blade guard over the drive belt and 

secure it in place with the screw from step 1.

5. Do the same measurement with the straight edge 

from the infeed table, to the same insert cutters that 

were used to measure the outfeed table.

6. Once the infeed and outfeed tables are aligned with 

the cutterhead cutters, the tables need to be checked 

to confirm that their surfaces are parallel with each 

other - ends not tilting or angling down or up from the 

cutterhead.

5. Lie the straight edge across BOTH tables. FIG. 27. 

They should be set at the same height and perfectly 

level to each other. 

  -  If it does, the tables are true to each other.

  -  If the straight edge does not lie flat across both 

tables, then the tables must be adjusted. Tune the 

outfeed table to the infeed table. 

6. Adjust the angle and tilt of the outfeed table with the 

slotted screws as described in steps 4 A-C.

FIG. 27

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16

FIG. 28

A

B

FIG. 30

A

A