Setting Depth Of Cut - Grizzly G0832 Owner's Manual

13 inch benchtop planer w/built-in dust collection
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Pitch & Glue Build-up
Problem: Glue and resin buildup on the rollers
and cutterhead will cause overheating by decreas-
ing cutting sharpness while increasing drag in the
feed mechanism. The result can include scorched
lumber, uneven knife/insert marks, and chatter.
Solution: Clean the rollers and cutterhead.
Chip Marks or Indentations
Problem: Chip indentation or chip bruising is the
result of wood chips not being thrown away from
the cutterhead and out of the machine. Instead
they are carried around the cutterhead, deposited
on the planed surface and crushed by the outfeed
roller. Some of the causes of chip indentation are:
Wood chips/sawdust not being properly
expelled from the cutterhead.
The type of lumber being planed. Certain
species have a tendency to chip bruise.
A high moisture content (over 20%) or sur-
face moisture (refer to Page 20).
Dull knives.
Excessive depth of cut.
Solution:
Use a proper dust collection system; adjust
chip deflector in or out as necessary.
Lumber must be completely dry, preferably
kiln-dried (KD). Air-dried (AD) lumber must
be seasoned properly and have no surface
moisture. DO NOT surface partially-air-dried
(PAD) lumber.
Make sure planer knives/inserts are sharp.
Reduce depth of cut.
Rippled Cut
Problem: Regularly spaced indentations across
face of workpiece are caused by excessive
outfeed roller pressure or excessive feed rate.
Solution: Reduce outfeed roller pressure; reduce
feed rate.
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Setting Depth of Cut

Table Movement per Handwheel Revolution
One Full Revolution ........................................
The depth of cut on a planer means the amount
of material that is removed from the top of the
workpiece as it passes underneath the cutterhead.
The depth of cut is set by adjusting the distance
of the cutterhead above the table. This distance is
the thickness of the workpiece minus the depth of
cut. The planing depth of cut is controlled by using
the cutterhead elevation crank on the right side of
the machine. Rotating the crank counterclockwise
raises the headstock.
Although the correct depth of cut varies accord-
ing to wood hardness and workpiece width, we
recommend the maximum depth of cut (per pass)
be no more than
". A series of light cuts will
1
16
give better end results and put less stress on the
planer than trying to take off too much material in
a single pass.
The depth-of-cut scale functions as a general
guide only, and is not intended for low-tolerance,
precision results. A small amount of backlash
may be present with the cutterhead elevation
crank after switching height directions. Switching
height direction may cause slightly less than
backlash during the first crank turn. As the crank
is turned more rotations in the same direction,
backlash will not be a factor.
Down
Turn
3
4
=
"
3
64
1 Turn
=
"
1
16
Figure 15. Crank elevation increments.
Model G0832 (Mfd. Since 04/17)
"
1
16
"
1
16
Turn
1
2
=
"
1
32
Up
Turn
1
4
=
"
1
64

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