RIKON Power Tools 20-100 - Manual (Page 18)

A
B
Setting Cutterhead Knives
Cutterhead knives are sharp!
Use extreme caution when inspecting,
removing, sharpening or replacing knives into
the cutterhead. Failure to comply may cause
serious injury!
1. Carefully number each blade with a magic marker
to make them easier to differentiate.
2. Rotate the cutterhead by turning the cutterhead
pulley and determine the 12 o’clock position of knife
number one. The 12 o’clock position is the highest
point a blade will reach
in the cutting arc.
3. Loosen table lock screw (A-Fig. 33) and gib lock
screw (B-Fig. 33) and raise the outfeed table to the
height of blade number one by turning hand wheel
(A-Fig. 34). Counterclockwise will cause the outfeed
table to raise. Clockwise will cause the outfeed table
to lower. Set a straight edge on the outfeed table.
Position of the table and straight edge should look
like Figure 35. Use care when handling the straight
edge near the blades so as not to damage them.
4. When the outfeed table and blade number one are
the same height, tighten gib and table lock screws.
Important: Do not change the setting for the outfeed
table again. This will only change if the blades are
replaced.
5. Bring the straight edge toward the left of the jointer
and confirm that blade number one is at the same
height at the left of the table as it is at the right side of
the table. (Figure 36)
6. If blade is higher or lower at the right of the table
than it is at the left, slightly loosen four screws
(A-Fig. 35) by turning clockwise as viewed from the
infeed table. Blades are adjusted with jackscrews. To
lower, turn the jack screws clockwise. To raise, turn
the screw counter-clockwise. Blades are set at the
proper height when the top of the blades are
1/16" above the cutterhead.
Operation
18
Figure 33
Figure 34
Figure 35
Figure 36
WARNING!
A
A