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G0500/G1018/G1018HW 8" Jointers -25-
5. Tighten the lock at the front of the housing.
6. Test the cutterhead guard by moving it
toward the front of the jointer and then letting
it go. The guard should return back to its
original position against the fence and over
the cutterhead, or as shown in Figure 38.
This operation is extremely important for
operator safety!
7. If the guard drags across either table,
release the lock at the shaft housing and
move the guard up a little.
Figure 38. Cutterhead guard properly posi-
tioned over cutterhead and against fence.
To install the cutterhead guard:
1. Locate the spring tang on the cutterhead
guard that is shown in Figure 35.
Cutterhead Guard
Figure 35. Spring tang on cutterhead guard.
Figure 37. Spring tang against infeed table.
Figure 36. Installing cutterhead guard while
holding spring tang.
2. Rotate the spring tang approximately half of
a turn.
3. Keep tension on the spring tang and install
the shaft into the shaft housing on the front of
the infeed table as shown in Figure 36.
4. Lower the shaft into the shaft housing far
enough that the spring tang will rest against
the edge of the infeed table when released,
as shown in Figure 37.