Thickness Planer Mode; Thickness Planing - Metabo HC 260 C Manual Original

ward pressure on the work piece
only in the infeed table area.
8. Switch machine off if no further thick-
nessing is to be done immediately
afterwards.
6.3

Thickness Planer Mode

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Note:
Thickness planing reduces the thick-
ness of a work piece with one already
planed surface.
 The work piece is fed through the
thicknesser.
 The surface already planed flat rests
on the thicknesser bed.
 The work piece is cut on the upper
side.
 The feed direction for the work piece
is exactly opposite than for surface
planing.
Work piece dimensions
length width
200 mm min. –
use extra work max.
piece supports 260 mm
or helper if over
1500 mm
Preparation
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Danger!
Always unplug before servicing!
1. Loosen clamping lever (71) and
remove fence (72).
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2. Turn both left and right clamping
lever (74) outwards.
3. Remove outfeed table (73).
4. Swing chip chute (77) up over the
cutterblock.
5. Turn setting screw clockwise to the
end position.
The guard cannot be opened.
6. When operating with a chip extrac-
tion unit:
Remove wing nut from the chip
chute (77). Place the chip extraction
hood (75) on the chip chute (77).
7. Secure chip chute (77) with the wing
nut (76).
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height
4 mm
min.
max.
160 mm
77
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Note:
For thickness planing the chip chute (77)
serves as cutterblock cover. The chip
chute must activate the limit switch,
otherwise the machine cannot be
started.
8. If a dust collector is to be used, con-
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nect the dust collector connector's
suction port (75) to a suitable dust
collector.
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Danger!
Some types of wood dust (e.g. oak,
ash) may cause cancer when inhaled:
Use a suitable dust extraction unit
when working in enclosed spaces:
 Fitting the outer diameter of the
suction port (100 mm);
 Air volume  550 m
 vacuum at suction port of thick-
nesser  740 Pa;
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74
75
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/h;
ENGLISH
 air speed at suction port of
thicknesser 20 m/s.
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Caution!
Operation without a dust collector is
only possible:
 Outdoors;
 if only a minimum of chips is gen-
erated (with narrow stock and lit-
tle chip removal);
 with dust respirator.
6.4

Thickness Planing

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Danger!
 Entanglement hazard by the
rotating feed rollers! Do not
reach into the machine! Use a
feeding aid (push stick) if you
want to feed short stock into the
thicknesser.
 Do not jam work pieces. Risk of
kickback.
 Remove stuck stock only after
motor has come to a complete
stop and machine is unplugged.
 Guide a work piece on the out-
feed side if it has been fed so far
into the thicknesser that it can no
longer be safely guided from the
infeed side.
 Do not thickness plane more than
two work pieces at the same time.
In this case feed both work
pieces near the outer edges of
the thicknesser bed.
 Use if necessary:
Dust collection device (optional
accessory);
sliding wax to enhance the glid-
ing of work pieces across the
infeed and outfeed table.
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Caution!
There is a limit switch inside the
machine. Take care not to damage
the limit switch when feeding work
pieces.
1. Assume proper operating position:
 on the switch side;
 head-on to the machine;
2. Set planing thickness with the crank.
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Note:
The machine can remove 3 mm maxi-
mum in a single pass. This measure,
however, shall only be used:
 with very sharp planer knives;
 for soft woods;
 if the full planing width is not utilized.
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