DeWalt DW734 - Belt Maintenance; Installing a New Drive Belt

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YOUR FINGERS. The knives on your planer are sharpened
on bothedges.
If Only One Edge of the Knife is Worn
1. Turn the knife around so that the sharp, unused edge
hangs over the edge of the cutterhead where it will cut
the material. Be sure to set the oblong holes in the knife
over the pins machined on the cutterhead (Fig.V).
Fig. V
2. To reset the knife clamp, align the beveled edge of the
knife clamp with the cutting edge of the knife (Fig.W).
If these are not aligned correctly, the clamp will not
secure the knifeproperly.
Fig. W
3. Place the screws through the holes in the knife clamp
and knife into the cutterhead
4. Tighten the screwssufficiently.
To Access and Replace the Other Two Knives
1. Depress the cutterhead lock lever
15
as shown in
FigureS.
2. Use the piece of scrap wood to carefully turn the
cutterhead until it locks into place revealing another
knife clamp and dullknife.
3. Repeat the procedure indicatedabove.
If the Knives are Dull on Both Edges
1. Follow the same knife change procedure indicated
above. HOWEVER, discard the dull knives and install new
ones onto the cutterhead. Blades can not besharpened.
2. Repeat the procedure for the remainingknives.
After Installing or Reversing the Knives
1. Replace the tool tray onto theunit.
2. Tighten the screws onto thetray.

WARNING: Make sure the tool tray is properly secured
before operating theplaner.
NOTE: THE PLANER WILL NOT OPERATE IF THE TOOL TRAY
IS NOT INSTALLEDCORRECTLY.
Installing a New Belt (Fig. X–Z)
NOTE: No tools are necessary to install a belt. The use of a
screwdriver or other tool to pry or stretch a belt may cause
damage to the pulleys and ultimately destroy the newbelt.
1. Remove the crankhandle.
2. Remove the two hex screws from the top, right side of
theplaner.
3. Remove the two, small cross head screws securing the
side panels to the top of theplaner.
4. Lift the side panel up out of the slot in the base and
remove the panel from the machine. Notice the grooves
inside thebelt.
5. Start the belt on the top pulley
16
with 3 grooves on
the pulley, as shown in FigureX.
Fig. X
16
6. Guide the belt between the lower pulley and the height
adjustment screw
17
, as shown in FigureY.
Fig. Y
17
7. With three grooves engaged on the large pulley, rotate
the pulley clockwise. Keep pressure on the edge of the
belt to keep the grooves engaged on the smallpulley.
8. Continue pressure on the side of the belt and rotate the
large pulley while hopping the belt further onto the
pulleys, as shown in FigureZ.
Fig. Z
9. All of the belt grooves should be engaged in the final
position and the pulleys should rotatesmoothly.