ADJUSTING THE MOVEABLE
CUTTER (CUTTER 3)
Loosen the lock handle (91) that is located on the
slide under the table and/or the slotted screw that
is located above the slide (38). Then insert the
crank (260) onto the threaded rod on the side of
the planer and move the side cutter head to the
required planing width. One rotation of the crank
is 4 mm.
Measure the distance between the cutter knives
and the back fence with sliding caliper. This
measurement becomes the width of the finished
board. Fix this position with the lock handle under
the table.
INDICATOR
The indicator shows the width measurement in
mm in black, and 1/10 mm in red. Each time,
when setting to a new profile: plane a board,
measure the outer measurements with the sliding
caliper. Turn the small handle to the right of the
indicator so this measurement is shown in the
window.
INSTALLING A PRESSURE ROLLER FOR
MOVEABLE CUTTERS
Two pressure rollers are located in front of the
moveable cutter, to press the workpiece towards
the fence. By adjusting this you can also decide
how wide the workpieces fed into the planer/
moulder can be. These pressure rollers sit on an
arm (77) that is anchored in the moveable cutter's
slide, which
means that they move with the cutter when this
is adjusted.
To set the pressure rollers, loosen the socket head
screws that fix the arm in the moveable cutter's slide
with a 6 mm hex wrench. Adjust the arm so that the
press rollers are pressed in by approx. 5 mm when
the workpiece is fed into the planer.
A spring plate (supplied on delivery) can be mounted
in front of the moveable cutter between the press
rollers' arm and screw plate. The spring plate has
oval holes that allow adjustment in and out from
the workpiece. The spring plate works partly as a
tension control, but also as a fence in front of the
cutter which reduces the risk of long splinters
being knocked out of the workpiece during large
cuts.
Adjust the feather plate so that it is pushed in to a
couple of millimeters from the unplaned edge of
the workpiece.
Check that there is no risk of the spring
plate pushing into the cutter's knife if you
are planing an object of variable width.
Maintain a safety margin of at least one
centimeter in the pressed in position.
After the moveable cutter, there is another
pressure roller (76) which pushes the cut
workpiece towards the back fence. Set the
pressure roller so that it protrudes approx. 1-3 mm
from the cutter's smallest plane diameter, at the
same height as the pressure roller.
The height of the pressure roller can also be set
with washers above or below it. Which may be
required for producing certain profiles.
TEST RUN
Always run a test piece and make subsequent ad-
justments. Run a piece straight through the planer
at the slowest feed speed. Look through the cover
while it is being planed and check that the board is
lying against the fences in front of and behind
cutter 2.
Then measure the profile, its height and width,
and subsequently adjust the cutters and the
setting for the molding knives if required.
• Check that the test piece is lying against both
fences and tighten the back fence's lock
screws.
Check that all screws that fix the fences
are properly tightened, and that the cutter
can rotate freely.
TIP: If there is a problem in that the board does
not follow the fences, it could be that the back
fence is not at the right level in relation to the
cutter, that the fences are not completely parallel
to one another, or that the fence does not run
straight through the planer/moulder. If it is difficult
to get the fence to lie perfectly straight through the
planer/moulder, it is better that the fences are
slightly angled to the left, towards cutter 3, as the
feed rollers will then press the workpiece against
the fence. If the fences lie at a slight angle to the
right, away from cutter 3, the feed rollers will pull
the object away from the fence, which will lead to
incorrect measurements and a badly planed
surface.
Wood-Mizer MP360
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