Chain Tension - Surtek CE716 Manual De Usuario

3. Slide the block to the right taking note of
any gaps between the top of the block and the
bottom of the cutterhead body. Measure any
of these gaps with a feeler gauge.
4. When moving the block from left to right,
if the block wedges tightly between the cut-
terhead and the table, repeat steps 2 and 3,
but start from the right side of the cutterhead
body and slide to the block to the left.
5. Referring back to your measurements with
the feeler gauge, if the gap difference from
one side to the other is .004" or less, no ad-
justment will be necessary. If the gap is greater
than .004, but less than .016", proceed to step 6.
If the gap is greater than 0.016, refer to the
ADJUSTING CHAIN DRIVE section in the AD-
JUSTMENTS section of the manual.
6. For gap differences between .005" and
.016", deternine which side of the table needs
to be raised to fix the gap.
7. Loosen both sets of screws for each column
on the side that needs adjusted.
8. Pull up or push down on the table in the di-
rection that it needs to move, hold in position
and retighten the screws.
9. Repeat these steps until the variance is .004"
or less.
CHAIN ADJUSTMENTS
WARNING: MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SAW
IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE POWER SOURCE.
The chain drive in your planer transfers move-
ment from the hand wheel driven column to
the three other support columns. The chain
drive may require an adjustment to remove
slack as the chain stretches over time, or as part
of table leveling procedures.

CHAIN TENSION

To adjust chain tension:
1. Remove the access panel on the stand.
2. Loosen the two hex
head bolts (Fig.11a)
that fasten the idler
sprocket (b) to the
base and move the
idler sprocket until ex-
cess slack in the chain
has been eliminated.
3. Retighten the two hex head bolts.
4. Replace access panel.
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b
c
a
Fig.11
ADJUSTING CHAIN DRIVE
NOTICE: The following steps should only be
done AFTER you have gone through the TABLE
PARALELLISM ADJUSTMENT section of this
manual and the measurements you attained
from that section are greater than .016".
WARNING: Make certain that the saw is dis-
connected from the power source.
1. Remove the panel to gain access to the chain
drive assembly.
2. Loosen two hex head bolts (b) that fasten
the idler sprocket (c) to the base until you can
turn each corner sprocket (d) independently.
One of the corner sprockets is shown in Fig.11.
NOTICE: If the chain drive is loosened too
much, it will fall off all of the sprockets. Re-
placing a chain that has come off the sprockets
is a very tedious process. Make sure to loosen
the idler pulley just enough to allow you to be
able to turn the corner sprockets.
3. Each tooth on a corner sprocket represents
.016" of vertical movement as it turns.
4. Whichever end of the table is too high, turn
the sprockets at that end of the table clockwise
to lower the table. For example if the back end
of the table is too high, the back two sprockets
would need to be rotated clockwise to lower
the back side of the table. If the right end of
the table is too high, the right two sprockets
would be rotated clockwise to lower the right
side, etc.
NOTICE: Make certain, as you turn the sprock-
ets, to keep an accurate tooth count to ensure
that the table is lowered equally on a specific
side.
5. Recheck Table Parallelism using your gauge
block. Once the tolerance is less than .016", re-
place access cover and refer back to the TABLE
PARALELLISM ADJUSTMENT section in the AD-
JUSTMENT section of this manual.
KNIFE INSPECTION
CAUTION: Planer knives are extremely sharp.
Please use extra caution when your hands are
near the blades.
The planer knives are set at the factory using
jack screws. Springs are also included with your
planer which may be used instead of the jack
screws, depending on your preference. These
springs are installed beneath the knives.
You can leave the springs in place as it will not
affect the adjustment if they are not removed.