Woodstock Shopfox W1766 Owner's Manual - Base Mounting
-13-
W1766
1
⁄
2
HP Power Feeder
SE
TU
P
Assemble the power feeder before you mount the
base to determine where on the table top to drill
your base mounting holes, so you can maximize
power feeder swing and adjustment options.
There are two mounting options available,
Through Bolt Mounting and Direct Mounting
options discussed on
Page 14. Choose an option
that suits your requirements.
Your final goal is to be able to use the handwheels
and lock levers to position the power feeder
wheels so they are parallel with the table
surface, and
1
⁄
8
" lower than the thickness of your
workpiece.
Base Mounting
Also, you must be able to adjust the power
feeder so it points towards the machine fence
slightly (see
Figure 8). In other words, the
tracking of the power feeder must be toed-in
approximately 1° to 1.5° degrees toward the
machine fence, so the power feeder wheels push
the workpiece against the fence slightly during
cutting operations.
Feed
Feed
Tablesaw
Shaper
Cutter
Feed
Jointer
Cutterhead
Blade
Fence
Fence
Fence
4th-Roller
Models
Figure 8. Typical power feed mounting on a shaper, jointer, and tablesaw.
Continued on next page