Sears 149.23632 - Manual (Page 11)

USING HOLD DOWN/PUSH BLOCKS
ALWAYS use the hold down/push blocks when JOINTING wood
that Is NARROWER than 3 In. or PLANING wood that Is THINNER
than 3 in.
Grasp the hold down/push blocks firmly with the fingers close
together and wrapped around the handle. Position them flat on
top of workpiece, and push the workpiece down against the
table to provide a quality cut and minimize the chance of a kick­
back. -
Hold down pressure must be sufficient to prevent hoid down/
push biock from sliding or slipping on the surface of the work
piece when advancing work piece over cutter head.
Use a hand-over-hand motion of the hold down/push blocks
being carefui to maintain controi of the workpiece at ali times.
HAND-OVER HAND
This means that once the work piece has passed the cutter head
onto outfeed tabie, one hoid down/push biock must always
maintain contact with the work piece with outfeed tabie.
When pianing wood 3/4 in. thick and NARROWER than the hold
down/push block, tilt the hold down/push block so that it clears
the top of the cutter guard while feeding.
Never plane wood that is thinner than 1/2 in...because it is apt to
split or shatter and thus has a greater tendency to kickback.
A CAUTION: IF THE HOLD DOWN/PUSH BLOCKS TEND TO
SLIP WHILE FEEDING, CLEAN RUBBER SURFACE
IMMEDIATELY WITH SANDPAPER.
BEVELING AND CHAMFERING
The fence on your jointer-planer is adjustable from 45° inboard
to 45° outboard. Adjust the fence to desired angie and tighten
iock knobs.
BEVELING is the cutting of. an angie on the entire edge of a
board. Beveling may require severai passes due to the depth of
cut needed to bevei entire edge of board.
BEVEL
CHAMFERiNG is removing only the corner of the edge of a
board. Normally a chamfer is made with one cut; therefore, a cut
deeper than 1/16" may be made.
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