Powermatic PM15 - Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Warranty and Service .............................................................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 3
Warning................................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................6
Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Unpacking ...............................................................................................................................................7
Contents of the Shipping Container......................................................................................................7
Installation and Assembly ........................................................................................................................ 7
Installing Dust Chute............................................................................................................................7
Installing Handwheel ............................................................................................................................ 7
Electrical Connections ............................................................................................................................. 8
Extension Cords...................................................................................................................................8
Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................8
Belt Tension.........................................................................................................................................9
Planer Knife Replacement....................................................................................................................9
Sharpening Knives...............................................................................................................................9
Depth of Cut....................................................................................................................................... 10
Feed Rate.......................................................................................................................................... 11
The Planer’s Feed System ................................................................................................................. 11
Leveling Cutterhead with Bed............................................................................................................. 14
Interlock Switch.................................................................................................................................. 14
Caster Lock........................................................................................................................................ 14
Operation .............................................................................................................................................. 15
Kinds of Warp .................................................................................................................................... 15
Planing to Desired Thickness ............................................................................................................. 15
Depth of Cut....................................................................................................................................... 16
Thickness Planing Steps.................................................................................................................... 16
Planing for Finish ............................................................................................................................... 16
Introduction to Molding .......................................................................................................................... 17
Pattern Knives ................................................................................................................................... 17
Optional Bedboard and Guide ............................................................................................................ 17
Homemade Bedboard ........................................................................................................................ 17
Homemade Featherboard .................................................................................................................. 17
Homemade Guide Set-Up for Edge Molding....................................................................................... 18
Installing Single Pattern Knives .......................................................................................................... 18
Installing Three-Knife Set ................................................................................................................... 18
Pattern Knife Clearance ..................................................................................................................... 19
Installing Bedboard ............................................................................................................................ 19
Face Molding with pattern knives ....................................................................................................... 20
Edge Molding with pattern knives ....................................................................................................... 20
Edge Planing ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Common Molding Applications ........................................................................................................... 21
Maintenance.......................................................................................................................................... 22
Lubrication ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Replacement Parts ................................................................................................................................ 27
Parts List: Base Assembly.................................................................................................................. 28
Base Assembly .................................................................................................................................. 29
Parts List: Gearbox Assembly ............................................................................................................ 30
Gearbox Assembly............................................................................................................................. 31
Parts List: Stand Assembly................................................................................................................. 32
Stand Assembly................................................................................................................................. 33
Parts List: Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly.............................................................................. 34
Cutterhead, Hood and Table Assembly .............................................................................................. 36
Accessories: Knives and Moldings for PM15 Planer/Molder ................................................................... 37
Accessories: Knives and Moldings (cont.) .............................................................................................. 38
Electrical Connections ........................................................................................................................... 39