Operation – RIDGID R848 User Manual

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OPERATION

CHAMFERING

See Figure 12.
The planer is designed with a chamfering groove in the front
shoe to chamfer edges of boards as shown. Before making
a cut on good lumber, practice cutting on scrap lumber to
determine the amount to be removed.
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Clamp the work securely.

Hold the front handle with your left hand and the rear

handle with your right hand.

Place the chamfering groove on the surface to be cut.

Start the planer and let the motor reach maximum

speed.

Hold the planer firmly and push it forward into the work,

using a slow, steady motion.

Apply downward pressure to keep the planer flat at the

beginning and the end of the work surface.

PLANING EDGES AND MAKING RABBET CUTS

The planer comes with an adjustable edge guide for precision
edge planing and rabbet cutting. Attach the edge guide to
either side of the planer for planing edges. Attach the edge
guide to the left side for making rabbet cuts.

ATTACHING THE EDGE GUIDE FOR PLANING
EDGES

See Figure 13.
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Lock the switch by placing the lock-off button in the

center position.

Attach the bracket to the desired side of the planer using

the knob bolt.

Attach the edge guide to the bracket using the knob nut

and the carriage head bolt.

Tighten the retaining knob securely.

CLAMP

Fig. 12

Fig. 13

WORKPIECE

GROOVE

FRONT

HANDLE

EDGE

GUIDE

KNOB

BOLT

BRACKET

KNOB

NUT

CARRIAGE

HEAD BOLT