Grizzly Jointer/ G0634Z - Manual (Page 49)

G0633/G0634 Jointer/Planer Combo Machine
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The G0633/G0634 table moves approximately
1 ⁄
16
" with one turn of the handwheel.
The basic steps of operating the planer are as
follows:
1. Put on safety glasses.
2. Unless your workpiece is very flat, surface
plane the workpiece on the jointer until it is
flat—having the face flat will ensure that it
sits flat on the planer table during operation.
3. Adjust the table height to slightly lower than
your workpiece height to ensure the first
cut is as light as possible (approximately
1 ⁄
32
"– 1 ⁄
16
") .
4. Start the planer.
5. Place the flat side of the board down on the
table (on the left side, facing the front of the
machine), and feed the workpiece through
the planer—in the opposite direction as when
jointing. Make sure not to stand directly in
front or behind the workpiece to avoid kick-
back injury.
Basic Planer
Operation
—If the cut is too heavy and bogs down the
planer, turn the planer OFF immediately,
allow it to come to a complete stop, remove
the workpiece, and repeat
Steps 3–5.
6. Measure your workpiece thickness and adjust
the table height as necessary to take a lighter
or heavier pass, depending on your needs.
For most wood types,
1 ⁄
16
" per pass is a good
cutting depth.
Note: Any time you switch directions with the
table height handwheel, there will be a small
amount of backlash—so the first crank of the
handwheel after switching directions will be
slightly less than
1 ⁄
16
". However, as long as
you move the handwheel in the same direc-
tion during operation, backlash will not be a
factor.