RIKON Power Tools 25-010 - Manual (Page 12)

Operation
Bring chip ejection hood into position as shown, then
place the suction connector on to it Fig.5.3. Secure with
lock levers and guard.
Note: The chip ejection hood is the cutterhead guard
when the machine is set up for planing. Never operate
machine without chip ejection hood in place and prop-
erly secured.
Height adjustment is made with the lever mounted on
the left hand side of the machine. After lifting the lock
lever the cutter guard can be slid sideways to set the re-
quired workpiece width for jointing. Push the lever down
to lock cutter guard in position Fig.5.4.
5.3 Face Planing:
This operation is carried out for straightening a work-
piece and for trimming the long side of panels. Place
workpiece flush on to in-feed table, with your left hand
set the cutter guard to the required height (workpiece
should be run clear of the guard. Start machine and
push stock slowly and steady against the cutterhead.
Slide hands over the blade cover Fig.5.5A.
The depth of cut can be altered in this function by set-
ting the infeed table to line up with the various lines on
the scale the top line is zero and the bottom line is a
3mm cut. Although it is not advised to take the deepest
cut, a shallow cut will give better results and be much
easier on the machine Fig.5.5B .
Fig.5.3
Fig.5.4
Fig.5.5A
Fig.5.5B
Depth Scale
12