RIKON Power Tools 20-110 - Manual (Page 16)

16
T
roubleshooting
W
ARNING!
FOR
YOUR OWN SAFETY
, AL
W
A
YS TURN OFF
AND UNPLUG THE MACHINE BEFORE CARR
YING OUT
A
N
Y
TROUBLESHOOTING
.
S
ymptom
P
os
si
ble
Ca
us
e
S
olution
Motor
w
ill not s
tar
t
M
ac
hine not plugged in
Plug the m
ac
hine in
Low
Voltage
Chec
k f
or
pr
oper
voltage
Loos
e c
onnec
tion or
open c
irc
uit
in m
otor
Ins
pec
t m
otor
f
or
loos
e c
onnec
tio
ns
Motor
O
ver
heats
M
otor
over
loaded
Reduc
e load on m
otor
. F
eed w
or
k s
low
er
A
ir f
low
r
es
tr
ic
ted on m
otor
C
lean out m
otor
to obtain nor
m
al
air
f
low
Ex
ce
ss
ive m
otor
nois
e
Bad m
otor
H
ave m
otor
c
hec
ked
Pulley
s
et s
cr
ew
loos
e
T
ighten s
et s
cr
ew
Motor
w
ill not develop f
ull pow
er
or
s
talls
Cir
cuit over
loaded w
ith lights
or
o
ther
tools
D
ec
reas
e the load on the c
irc
uit
Cir
cuit too long or
under
si
zed w
ire
s
R
educ
e the length of
the w
ire
or
Inc
reas
e the w
ire
s
iz
e
Voltage too low
H
ave the voltage c
hec
ked by
an
elec
tr
ic
ian
Cir
cuit br
eak
er
s do not have s
uf
fic
ient c
apac
ity
Have a lic
ens
ed elec
tr
ic
ian ins
tal
l pr
oper
s
iz
e br
eak
er
s
Dr
ive belt tens
ion too high
A
dj
us
t belt tens
ion
Us
e of
ex
tens
ion c
or
d
Us
e heavier
gauge ex
tens
ion c
or
d or
no ex
tens
ion c
or
d
Loos
e in f
eed or
outf
eed table
s
Loos
e gibs
T
ighten the gibs
F
inis
h s
toc
k is
c
onc
ave on the
end
Knives
ar
e s
et higher
than the ou
tf
eed table
R
ais
e outf
eed table level w
ith k
ni
ves
Bac
k s
ide of
f
inis
h s
toc
k is
thi
ck
er
than the f
ront
O
utf
eed table s
et too high
A
dj
us
t outf
eed table level w
ith the
k
nives
Stoc
k is
c
onc
ave in the m
iddl
e
T
able out of
level
R
ais
e the table ends
Ripples
on planed s
ur
fac
e
O
ne blade s
et higher
than the oth
er
s
Readj
us
t blades
F
eed r
ate too high
F
eed w
or
kpiec
e s
low
er
Knives
dull
R
eplac
e k
nives
or
s
har
pen
Kic
kbac
k
Knives
ar
e s
et higher
than the ou
tf
eed table or
not
level w
ith the table
R
eadj
us
t the k
nives
W
or
kpiec
e s
tr
ik
es
the outf
ee
d table
O
utf
eed table s
et too high
or
blad
es
to low
R
eadj
us
t k
nives
level w
ith outf
ee
d table
F
enc
e not ac
cu
ra
te at 90 or
4
5 degr
ees
F
enc
e s
top not pr
oper
ly
adj
us
ted
R
eadj
us
t the f
enc
e s
tops
Mac
hine bogs
dow
n in the c
ut
E
xc
es
si
ve depth of
c
ut
D
ec
reas
e depth of
c
ut
Knives
ar
e dull
S
har
pen or
r
eplac
e k
nives
Saf
ety
guar
d w
on't r
etur
n to th
e f
enc
e
N
o tens
ion on the s
pr
ing
Retens
ion s
af
tey
guar
d s
pr
ing
Br
ok
en tens
ion s
pr
ing
Ins
tall new
tens
ion s
pr
ing
*********W
arn
ing
*********
Do not make adjustment
s while the Jointer is running. E
n
su
re the sw
itch is of
f, pow
er is
disconected and all mov
ing parts hav
e s
toppe
d be
for
e
serv
icin
g
. Failure to com
p
ly
ma
y result in serious in
jur
y