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G1021X 15" Extreme Series Planer
Operation Tips
• Inspect lumber for defects, warping, cup-
ping, twisting, and for foreign objects (nails,
staples, imbedded gravel, etc,). If you have
any question about the quality of your lum
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ber, do not use it. Remember, wood stacked
on a concrete floor can have small pieces of
stone or concrete pressed into the surface.
• Use the full width of the planer. Alternate
between the left, the right, and the middle
when feeding lumber into the planer. Your
cutters will remain sharp much longer.
• Scrape all glue off joined boards before plan-
ing.
• Plane ONLY natural wood fiber. DO NOT
plane MDF, plywood, laminates, or other
synthetic products.
• Plane wood with the grain. Never feed
end-cut or end-grained lumber into your
planer.
• Do not use boards with loose or large knots,
splits, crossgrain or other obvious blemishes
or defects. They can damage the machine
and pose the possibility of operator injury.
• Keep your work area clear.
• When making multiple passes on long stock,
use the stock return rollers on the top of the
machine to move the material back to the
infeed side of the machine.
• Avoid planing wood with a high water con-
tent. Wood with more than 20% moisture
content or wood exposed to excessive mois
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ture (such as rain or snow), will plane poorly
and cause excessive wear to the cutters and
motor. Excess moisture can also hasten rust
and corrosion of the planer and/or individual
components.
Feed Speed
The infeed and outfeed rollers power the stock
through the planer while keeping boards flat and
providing a consistent rate of movement.
The power feed features 16 FPM and 20 FPM
feed rates. The speed should be changed ONLY
when the machine is running.
Figure 10 illustrates the three different positions
of the feed control knob. Moving the knob toward
the machine (Position A) produces the 20 FPM
feed speed; moving away from the machine
(Position C) produces 16 FPM; and moving the
knob to the center position (Position B) places the
gearbox in neutral.
Figure 10. Feed control knob positions.
NOTICE
Change the speeds when the planer is run-
ning, but DO NOT attempt to change speeds
during any cutting operations or damage to
the gearbox will result.