How to install a planing knife

Summary: A planing knife is a woodworking tool used to straighten, thin, polish and smooth wood. Because the planer body has a certain length, the use of the wood surface needs to be parallel, so the planer knife needs to be fixed at a certain angle, in order to cut to the protruding part of the wood, so that the planed surface can achieve uniformity and smoothness, so the woodworker every time you use the planer knife should be adjusted to the position of the planer knife, so that the planer knife can be cut to the thickness of uniformity of shavings. Here we come together to understand the installation method of planer knife and planer knife angle how to adjust it! A planer knife how to install

Planer knife is generally installed in the knife folder, installation is very troublesome, the following for you to introduce a simple planer knife installation method:

1, first take out the woodworking planer, a **** there are six parts, respectively, the main body of the planer body, woodworking planer handle, wedge, a long and a short of two planer knives and a set screw.

2, one long and one short two blades back to back fit, align the cutting edge, and then fixed with a screw.

3.Insert the push handle into the hole in the side of the planer body so that the body is centered on the push handle.

4.Insert the assembled planer blade into the open hole on the top of the planer body, you can gently tap to make it stable.

5, insert the wedge into the gap in front of the planer knife, and tap with a hammer, so that the wedge part into the body of the planer, so that it is firmly fixed to complete the installation of the planer knife.

Two, how to adjust the angle of the planer knife

The spindle of the planer knife is installed at an angle of about 30 degrees, and the angle of the planer knife's cutter is from 20 to 45 degrees, depending on the material of the planer knife and the rotational speed to increase or decrease, and the service life of the tool with the edge of the knife after the strengthening treatment can be increased by 70%, and the tool's performance of the better the resistance to wear and tear.

1, the first planing knife will be mounted on the planing body, inserted into the wooden wedge (planing account), the left hand holds the planer, the mother finger pressed solid planing knife, the right hand holds the mallet.

2, the head of the planer is facing themselves, eyes aiming at the bottom of the planer, focusing on observing the depth of the planer knife, the planer knife should just protrude from the body of the planer a little, about the thickness of two hairs, the left and right protruding from the distance to be the same as the number of (parallel).

3, if the planer knife protrudes too much, then the head of the planer will be facing up, use the mallet to tap the head of the planer, the vibration will cause the planer knife to fall out due to gravity, and then check the depth of the planer knife, if it is suitable, use the mallet to hit the wedge gently, so the planer knife is installed solidly, and then recheck the depth of the planer knife. If the planing knife is too shallow, tap the top of the planing knife, it will be a little into the planing knife, and then re-check the depth of the planing knife, repeated observations and adjustments to the appropriate depth, looking for a piece of wood to test planing, if not very good, and then adjusted, if the angle of the planing knife adjusted, the shavings should be as thin as paper. Finished demolition planer knife, as long as the end of the hammer tap planer, planer knife will be naturally loose.