RIKON Power Tools 25-200 - Manual (Page 13)

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. Push fence back.
3. Raise cutterhead guard fully and pull extrusion fully outwards.
4. Turn the five hexagon head screws of the cutter knife lockbar
fully in wear gloves! (Fig.22).
5. At first remove cutter knife, then cutter knife lockbar from the
cutterblock.
6. Clean all surfaces of cutterhead and cutter knife lockbar with a
suitable solvent.
7. Place new cutter knife on cutter knife lockbar.
8. Place cutter knife lockbar with the fitted cutter knife into the
cutterhead.
9. 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 1/64" to 1/4" by the turning cutterhead. This check must
be performed the full length of the cutterhead. (Fig.23)
10. To tighten the cutter knives, turn the five hexagon head
screws of the cutter knife lockbar fully out. To prevent distortion of
the cutter knife lockbar start with the screws in the centre , then
tighten the screws closer to the edges step by step.(Fig.24)
Danger!
- Do not extend tool when tightening the screws.
- Do not tighten bolts by striking the wrench.
11. Return cutterhead guard to its starting position.
12. Pull fence forward.
6. Maintenance
4 - 6 mm
FIG. 22
FIG. 23
FIG. 24
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