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Unit 16

Adjusting and Maintaining Power Woodworking Equipment

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Stationary Woodworking Equipment

• Represents a large equipment investment• Equipment requires readjustment over time• Properly adjusted equipment lasts longer• Properly adjusted equipment increases efficiency• Disconnect power source before servicing

equipment

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Adjusting the Table Saw

• Level the table• Square the blade• Square the miter gauge• Adjust the trunnion• Align the fence

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Adjusting the Band Saw

• Square the blade in relation to the table• Adjust the blade tracking• Adjust the blade guides• Set the blade tension

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Adjusting the Jointer

• Adjust the cutter head• Align the tables• Adjust the fence

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Adjusting the Planer

• Set the cutter head• Set the tables• Set the feed rollers• Adjust the chip breaker

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Important Terms

• Throat plate insert: the metal plate around the blade on a table saw

• Trunnion: blade mounting device located on a table saw

• Miter gauge: allows lumber to be cut across the grain

• Blade guides: keep the band saw blade from moving out of alignment

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Important Terms (continued)

• Cutter head: the working part that holds the cutting blades

• Snipe: a dished area on the surface of a piece of lumber

• Chip breaker: the part of a planer that breaks removed wood into smaller pieces to be deflected away from the machine