Woodstock Shop Fox W1694 Instruction Manual - Blade Height

ADJUSTMENTS

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The blade height must be adjusted correctly to

increase the time between sharpenings, allow

maximum performance, and to ensure a flat

jointed surface. Check the blade height when-

ever the blades are removed from the cutter-

head or whenever cutting performance begins to

degrade.

To check the cutterhead blade height, do

these steps:

1.

UNPLUG THE JOINTER!

2.

Use a 6

1

⁄

4

" wide piece of wood to prop the

blade guard open.

3.

Rotate the cutterhead until one of the

blades is at its highest position (

Figure 25).

4.

Place a straightedge across the outfeed

table and over the top of the cutterhead

blade. 

5.

At both ends of the cutterhead, the

straightedge must just make contact with

the blade (

Figure 26). Watch and make sure

the straightedge is not lifted from the out-

feed table surface when contact is made

with the cutterhead blades.

• If the straightedge makes contact on

both ends of the cutterhead blade, then

continue to the next sub-section.

• If the straightedge does not make con-

tact with both ends of the cutterhead

blade, then continue to the next step.

6.

Loosen the four blade clamp screws that

secure the blade in the cutterhead (

Figure

27).

7.

Adjust the jack screws under the blade until

both ends of the cutterhead blade make

contact with the straightedge. 

8.

Retighten the four blade clamping screw

and repeat 

steps 3 -7 on the second blade.

9.

Remove the wood that is holding the blade

guard open.

Figure 25. Blade is positioned at its highest

position (Top Dead Center).

Figure 26. Checking the blade height.

Figure 27. Blade clamp screws.

Blade Height

Top Dead

Center