Maintenance, 1 replacing cutter knives – RIKON Power Tools 23-400 User Manual

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6.1 REPLACING CUTTER KNIVES

CAUTION! Risk of personal injury by cuts from the cutter knives!

Wear gloves when changing cutter knives.

To remove the cutter knives:

1. Unplug power cable.

2. Open the cutterhead cover.

3. Turn the five hexagon head screws of the cutter knife lockbar

(Fig.10).

4. First remove cutter knife, then cutter knife lockbar from the

cutterhead.

5. Clean all surfaces of the cutterhead and cutter knife lockbar

with a suitable solvent.

6. Place new cutter knife on cutter knife lockbar.

7. Place cutter knife lockbar with the installed cutter knife into the

cutterhead.

8. Check the projection of the knives:

- With the provided straight edge gauge .

- Place straight edge gauge across outfeed table and cutterhead

as shown.

- Turn cutterhead by hand one turn against the direction of feed.

- The cutter knives are set correctly if the straight edge is moved

forward 1/8" to 1/4" by the turning cutterhead. This check must be

performed at both ends of the cutterhead. (Fig.11)

9. To tighten the cutter knives, turn the five hexagon head screws

of the cutter knife lockbar fully out. To prevent distortion of the cut-

ter knife lockbar start with the screws in the center, then tighten

the screws closer to the edges step by step.(Fig.12)

Danger!

- Do not extend tool when tightening the screws.

- Do not tighten bolts by striking the wrench.

10. Return cutterhead cover to its closed position.

6. Maintenance

4 - 6 mm

FIG. 10

FIG. 11

FIG. 12

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