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Planer
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Setup and Features

To set up your planer, follow the instructions in the Owners Manual that came with your planer.

As you work with the planer, you'll find that it has several special features:

• The planer will plane stock from 4" down to 3/32" thick. It can handle boards from 1" up to 12" wide. The length of stock is limited only to what you can safely control.
• The cutterhead revolves on two sealed ball bearings and holds three precision-ground steel knives. Each knife is 12-1/4" long and rests on three knife leveling screws so that you don't have to match grind the knives. With the knives installed, the cutterhead is 2-1/4" in diameter.
• The table surface is 28" long and 12-1/2" Wide. The table is held parallel to the cutterhead by four threaded posts. The vertical position can be adjusted from 3/32" to 4" away from the cutting edge of the knives.
• The 1/20 horsepower variable-speed feed motor feeds stock through the planer. The actual feed rate at any given feed control setting will vary depending on the depth of cut, sharpness of the knives and width of the stock.

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