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

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The max. depth of cut for a single pass is
4 mm. This measure, however, shall only be
used:
with very sharp planer knives;
for soft woods;
if the full planing width is not utilized.
Otherwise there is a risk of overloading the
machine. It is best to make several passes to
bring the workpiece down to the desired
thickness.
3. To thickness plane stock which surfaces are
not parallel, use suitable feeding aids (make fit-
ting templates).
4. Start motor.
5. Feed workpiece slowly and straight into the
thicknesser. It will then be automatically fed
through the thicknesser.
6. Guide workpiece straight through the thick-
nesser.
7. Switch machine off if no further cutting is to be
done immediately afterwards.

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 com-
plete stop.
Replace defective parts, especially of safety
devices, only with genuine replacement
parts. Parts not tested and approved by the
equipment manufacturer can cause unfore-
seen damage.
After all servicing:
Check to see that all safety devices are
operational.
Make sure that no tools or other parts
remain on or in the machine.
Repair and maintenance work other than
described in this section should only be car-
ried out by qualified specialists.
HC 260 M/ HC 260 K
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Replacing planer knives

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Worn planer knives are noticeable 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 outwards.
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 (76) with planer
knife (75) from the cutterblock (77).
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 corrode the light
metal components; the stability of the light
metal components would be adversely
affected.
To install the planer knives:
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If you use planer knives having an edge on
both sides, you simply need to reverse the
knives, provided the other edge is sufficiently
sharp.
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Danger!
Use only suitable planer knives (see
"Technical Data") – unsuitable, incorrectly
mounted, dull or damaged planer knives
can work loose or increase the risk of kick-
back considerably respectively.
Always replace or reverse both planer
knives.
Install planer knives using only genuine
parts.
7. Place fresh planer knife on planer knife lockbar
as shown.
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