Operation
Planing tips
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4-3 doc050624 Operation
NOTE: The best way to ensure that it is in the correct position is to
depress the Emergency Stop Button in and then pull it out until you
hear a click.
STOPPING YOUR PLANER UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
Under normal operating conditions, use the top left red button to stop the machine. This
stops all motors at once. All of the motors can be restarted again after this stop button is
pressed.
STOPPING YOUR PLANER IN AN EMERGENCY
The Emergency Stop button stops all motors. If an emergency occurs, and you need to
quickly stop the machine, press the large red Emergency Stop button until you hear it
click. Once this button is pressed, the machine cannot be restarted until this button is
turned 90° and pulled out to reset.
CAUTION! After every emergency stop wait at least 10 seconds
before restarting the machine. If you do not wait, the fuse on the brake
card may blow or, if that fuse fails, you will damage the brake card.
4.2 Planing tips
General recommendations
If the knives in the upper cutter protrude too much, the last feed roller will not take
hold of the workpiece. Recommended protrusion is 1 mm.
A planer/moulder is not a jointer; it only dimensions and moulds the workpiece. Pan-
eling and other mouldings are normally not machined in a jointer.
Keep the feed rollers clean from wood debris. The out-feed roller is especially
important, since wood debris on this roller can make marks in the planed surface of
the workpiece.
For slightly convex boards, feed the board with the convex side is upwards. Set the
first feed roller so that its pressure is somewhat lower than the pressure of the feed
roller behind the first planing cutter.
Be careful when adjusting the side fences. The back fence is to be level with the
outermost cutting diameter of the cutter. The two fences should be parallel with
each other and set so that the board is fed slightly diagonally (totally about 5 mm
towards the left) through the machine. By this the feed rollers will press the board
against the fences.
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