Care And Maintenance; Replacing Planer Knives - Metabo HC 260 C Instructions D'utilisation

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It is best to make several passes to bring
the work piece down to the desired thick-
ness.
3. To thickness plane stock which sur-
faces are not parallel, use suitable
feeding aids (make fitting tem-
plates).
4. Start motor.
5. Feed work piece slowly and straight
into the thicknesser. It will then be
automatically fed through the thick-
nesser.
6. Guide work piece straight through
the thicknesser.
7. Switch machine off if no further
thicknessing is to be done immedi-
ately afterwards.

7. Care and Maintenance

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Danger!
Prior to all servicing:
− Switch machine OFF.
− Unplug power cable.
− Wait until machine has come to a
complete stop.
Replace defective parts, especially of
safety devices, only with genuine
replacement parts. Parts not tested
and approved by the manufacturer
can cause unforeseen damage.
After all servicing:
− Check to see that all safety
devices are operational.
− Make sure that no tools or other
parts remain on
machine.
Repair and maintenance work other
than described in this section should
only be carried out by qualified spe-
cialists.
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Replacing Planer Knives

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Note:
Dull planer knives are recogniza-
ble by:
− reduced planing performance;
− increased risk of kickback;
− motor overloads.
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Danger!
Risk of personal injury by cuts from
the planer knives! Wear gloves when
changing planer knives.
To remove the planer knives:
1. Unplug power cable.
2. Remove jointer fence.
3. Raise cutterblock guard extrusion
fully and pull extrusion fully out-
wards.
4. Turn the four hexagon head screws
of the planer knife lockbar fully in
(wear gloves!).
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5. Remove planer knife lockbar (70)
with planer knife (69) from the cut-
terblock (71).
6. Clean all surfaces of cutterblock and
planer knife lockbar.
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Danger!
Do not use cleaning agents (e.g. to
remove resin residue) that could cor-
rode the light metal components; the
stability of the light metal compo-
nents would be adversely affected.
To install the planer knives:
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Note:
If you use planer knives having
an edge on both sides you simply need
or in the
to reverse the knives, provided the other
edge is sufficiently sharp.
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Danger!
− Use only suitable planer knives
(see "Technical Specications") –
unsuitable, incorrectly mounted,
dull or damaged planer knives
can work loose, or increase the
risk of kickback considerably.
− Always replace or reverse both
planer knives.
− Install planer knives using only
genuine replacement parts.
7. Place fresh planer knife on planer
knife lockbar as shown.
8.
9.
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10. There are two ways to check the
− With the setting gauge (77) (under
− Place planer knife setting gauge on
− Use an aluminium straightedge (78)
Both pins of the planer knife lockbar
must fit into the holes (72) of the
planer knife.
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Place planer knife lockbar (74) with
the planer knife (73) into the cutter-
block, making sure the knife does
not slip from the two pins of the
planer knife lockbar.
Turn the four hexagon head screws
in the planer knife lockbar out, until
lock bar (76) and knife (75) can still
just be moved along the axis of the
cutterblock.
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projection of the knives:
the prevailing regulations governing
safety at work this must be supplied
with the machine).
cutterblock as shown. The knives
must project so much that they
touch the setting gauge.
This check must be performed on
both planer knives and at both ends
of the cutterblock.
(this is more precise than using a
setting gauge).
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