Delta 22-590 Manuel D'utilisation page 10

HOW TO USE THE MATERIAL REMOVAL gAUgE
Your planer is equipped with a material removal gauge (A) Fig. 15. It is used to indicate the amount of wood that will be removed in
one pass with the carriage set at its current height.
1. Slide approximately 3" of the workpiece (B) Fig. 15 under
the middle of the carriage.
2. Be sure that the workpiece is lying flat against the base of
the planer. If the workpiece is inserted at an angle, the read-
ing may be inaccurate.
3. Lower the carriage on the workpiece until the material
moval bar engages the wood. You will see the red arrow
moving up the scale to indicate the amount to be removed
with the carriage at that height.
4. Adjust the carriage height until the desired depth of cut ap-
pears on the gauge.
5. Pull the material out from under the carriage.
6. Turn the unit on and feed your material into the cutter
head.
NOTE: Do not exceed the recommended depth of cut for various widths of material, shown in the "RECOMMENDED DEPTH OF
CUT" section below.
Do not turn the unit "ON" with the workpiece in position.
RECOMMENDED DEPTH OF CUT
NOTE: One revolution of the cutterhead adjusting handle will
move the cutterhead up or down 1/16" (1.6 mm).
You can make an 1/8" (3.2 mm) depth of cut in soft woods
up to 6" (152mm) wide and in hard woods up to 4" (102 mm)
wide. (See Fig. 16).
For 6" (152 mm) through 13" (330 mm) wide soft wood, use
a maximum depth-of-cut of 1/16" (1.6 mm). For 6" (152 mm)
through 13" (330 mm) wide hard wood, use a maximum depth-
of-cut of 3/64" (1.2 mm) (Fig. 16).
IMPORTANT: A shallow depth-of-cut will produce a better
finish.
HOW TO USE THE DEPTH STOP
Your planer is equipped with a depth stop (A) Fig. 17 for repetitive planing. Any thickness between 1/8" and 1-1/4" can be selected
using the scale on the depth stop. Detents are provided at 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", 1", and 1-1/4".
To set the minimum depth to which the carriage can travel with
the depth stop:
1. Check to see that the carriage is set above 1-1/4" before
trying to set the deptht stop.
2. Turn the dial on the front left of the planer until the desired
thickness setting aligns with the indicator line (B) Fig. 17.
3. Lock the gauge in place by turning the wheel on the inside
of the gauge (Inset - Fig. 17).
4. Plane the workpiece at desired increments until the correct
final thickness is achieved.
NOTE: Do not use force to lower the carriage below the level
that the depth stop indicates. Permanent damage to the height
adjustment system on you planer will result.
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1/8"
(3.2 mm)
3/32"
(2.4 mm)
1/16"
(1.6 mm)
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A
B
SOFT WOOD
HARD WOOD
2" 6" 8"
(51 mm) (152 mm) 203 mm)
4" 7" 9"
(102 mm) (178 mm) 229 mm)
WIDTH OF STOCK
A
Fig. 15
Fig. 16
10"
(254 mm)
Fig. 17
B