Troubleshooting – RIKON Power Tools 25-010 User Manual
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TROUBLESHOOTING.
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Troubleshooting
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Symptom
Possible Causes
Solutions
PLANER WILL NOT
FEED WORKPIECE
THROUGH
1. Planer drive belt worn / broken
2. Drive chain tension spring broken
3. Workpiece sticking on Planer body
4. Planer blades wrongly adjusted
1. Check and replace as necessary
2. Check and replace spring
3. Clean table and clean with silicone based
lubricant
4. Check and re-set blades
PLANER RISE AND
FALL IS STIFF OR
WILL NOT
OPERATE
1. Build up of shavings / dust on mecha-
nism
2. Rise and fall chain wrongly adjusted
or broken
1. Clean and lubricate with silicone based
lubricant
2. Have the machine checked and repaired
by a suitably qualified person / authorized
agent
NOT PLANING TO
UNIFORM
THICKNESS
1. Blades wrongly adjusted
2. Thicknesser table twisted as rise and
fall chain wrongly adjusted
1. Check and adjust blades
2. Have machine checked and repaired by a
suitably qualified person / authorized agent
NOT PLANING
WORKPIECE
SQUARELY
1. Blades wrongly adjusted
2. Fence not square to table
3. Outfeed table not square
1. Check and adjust blades
2. Adjust fence and 90° / 45° stops
3. Using a straight edge, align the outfeed
table to the infeed table
MACHINE WILL
NOT START
(GENERAL)
1. Blown fuse
2. Selector switch not set to correct
function
3. Micro switch(es) wrongly adjusted
1. Check / replace fuse
2. Check and reset switch as required
3. Check and re-adjust
MACHINE WILL
NOT START (JOINT-
ER
MODE)
1. Chip ejection hood not located cor-
rectly against micro switch
2. Out-feed table / locking lever not
located correctly against micro switch
3. Selector switch not set to correct
function
1. Check and refit chip ejection hood. En-
sure that planer table is raised to hold chip
ejection hood securely against micro switch
2. Check and refit out-feed table. Check that
right hand lock lever operates micro switch.
Adjust micro switch position if necessary
3. Check position of switch
MACHINE WILL
NOT START
(PLANER MODE)
1. Chip ejection hood not in correct
position / not operating micro switch
2. Selector switch not set to correct
function
1. Check position of hood and adjust as
necessary
2. Check position of switch