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Be careful and wear gloves when working
near the knives.
If the cutting disk surface is not cleaned
properly and the knives are not mounted
flush on the cutting disk, the knives could
crack when the hardware is tightened.
MAINTENANCE
This Wood chipper is equipped with two chipper knives
mounted on the cutting disk. When the knives get dull or
show visible nicks, the machine will lose its self- feeding
action and the material has to be pushed in. Often it
comes out in long strips. Replace the knifes by following
steps.
5. Remove the dull or damaged knives and visually
inspect the cutting disk slot and knives mounting area.
Make sure they are clean and that the placement knives
will be able to mount flush against the cutting disk.
Remount new or sharpened knives with the knife edges
facing up.
The clearance between the knives and wear plate should
be approximately 1 mm at the position of closest to the
rotor shaft and 3 mm at the position of farthest to the
rotor shaft. They are tapered out slightly to allow for a
small amount of movement in the cutting disk as it bites
into the wood.
Make sure that all locknuts are tightened properly. Then
turn the cutting disk with a long wooden stick to make
sure it rotates freely.
3. Rotate the cutting disc until the blade can be seen
from the feed hopper side.
KNIFE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT
1. Remove the feed hopper.
2. Remove the discharge chute.
4 . Remove the bolts, nuts that fix the blade.
fig.2
BELT ADJUSTMENT
fig.1
The belt on your chipper should deflect 3/8" under three
pounds of pressure as shown in fig. 1 below. If it doesn't,-
adjust per the following directions.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Remove belt guard.
Loosen engine bolts.
Tighten or loosen the nut until you have the correct
tension as shown in fig. 1.
Retighten engine bolts.
Check alignment of the clutch with the drive pulley by
placing a straight edge across both faces as shown in
fig. 2. If adjustment is necessary, correct alignment
by moving rotor pulley in or out on the rotor shaft. Do
not make adjustment bymoving the clutch on the
engine shaft.
Replace belt guard.
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