Read First - Metabo HC 260 C Manual Original

Conthuts
1. The thicknesser at a
glance ..........................................3
2.

Read first! ....................................4

3. Safety ...........................................4
3.1 Specified
Use ...............................................4
3.2 Ghueral Safety Instructions ...........4
3.3 Labeling ........................................6
3.4 Safety Devices ..............................6
4. Operating Controls .....................7
5. Assembly.....................................7
5.1 Removal of shipping protection.....7
5.2 Leg installation ..............................7
5.3 Mounting the infeed table..............8
5.4 Mounting the thicknesser bed
height adjustmhut..........................8
5.5 Chip chute installation ...................8
5.6 Jointer fhuce installation................8
5.7 Connection to AC Power ...............8
6. Operation.....................................8
6.1 Surface planer mode.....................8
6.2 Surface Planing and Edge Jointing9
6.3 Thickness Planer Mode...............10
6.4 Thickness Planing .......................11
7. Care and Mainthuance .............11
7.1 Removal and installation of
planer knife .................................11
7.2 Feedgear Mainthuance ...............13
7.3 Main Drive Belt Thusioning .........13
7.4 Cleaning and Care of Machine....13
7.5 Transporting the Machine ...........13
7.6 Machine Storage.........................13
7.7 Mainthuance Table .....................13
8. Repairs.......................................14
9. huvironmhutal Protection ........14
10. Troubleshooting .......................14
11. Available Accessories..............14
12. Technical Specifications..........15
2. Read first!
These operating instructions have behu
preshuted in a way that will allow you to
work quickly and safely with your
machine. Here are a few tips to help you
read these operating instructions:
 Read all of these operating instruc-
tions prior to commissioning the
machine. Pay particular atthution to
the safety instructions.
 These operating instructions are
inthuded for people with basic tech-
nical knowledge in handling
machines such as the one described
here. If you have had no experihuce
with machines of this kind, you
should initially work under the super-
vision of people with previous exper-
ihuce.
 Keep safe all documhuts supplied
with this machine so that you can
refer to them if required. Keep proof
of purchase for possible warranty
cases.
 Should you ever lhud or sell the
machine, make sure that any
machine documhuts are passed on
with it.
 The manufacturer bears no liability
for damage caused by non-compli-
ance with these operating instruc-
tions.
Information in these operating instruc-
tions is designated as shown below:
Danger!
Risk of personal injury or
huvironmhutal damage.
Risk of electric shock!
Risk of personal injury
from electric shock.
Drawing-in/trapping haz-
ard!
Risk of personal injury
by body parts or clothing
being drawn into the
rotating saw blade.
Caution!
Risk of material damage.
Note:
Additional information.
 Numbers in illustrations (1, 2, 3, ...)
 indicate componhut parts;
 are consecutively numbered; and
 correspond with the number(s) in
brackets (1), (2), (3) ... in the
neighbouring text.
 Numbered steps must be carried out
in sequhuce.
 Instructions which can be carried out
in any order are indicated by bullet
points (•).
 List items are indicated by dashes (–
).
3. Safety
3.1 Specified Use
This machine is inthuded for surface
planing and thickness planing of solid
woods. The permissible work piece dim-
husions must be observed (see "Techni-
cal Specifications").
The following tasks may not be carried
out with this tool:
ENGLISH
 Insertion work (i.e. any work that
does not exthud the full lhugth of the
work piece),
 Planing of cavities, pins or cut-outs,
 Planing of heavily curved wood with
which there is insufficihut contact
with the holding and intermediate
table.
Any other use does not comply with the
inthuded purpose. Unspecified use,
modification of the device or use of parts
that have not behu tested and approved
by the manufacturer can cause unfore-
seeable damage!
3.2 Ghueral Safety Instruc-
tions
A thicknessing machine is a dangerous
tool which can, due to operator careless-
ness, cause serious injury.
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Caution!
Whhu using power tools, the following
basic safety measures must be takhu to
protect against electric shock, other
injury or fire.
• Whhu using this pump observe the
following safety instructions to
exclude the risk of personal injury or
material damage.
• Please also observe the special
safety instructions in the respective
chapters.
• Where applicable, follow the legal
directives or regulations for the
prevhution of accidhuts pertaining to
the use of thicknessing machines.
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Ghueral hazards!
• Keep your work area tidy – a messy
work area invites accidhuts.
• Be alert. Know what you are doing.
Set out to work with reason. Do not
operate tool while under the
influhuce of drugs, alcohol or medi-
cation.
• Do not operate the machine while
under the influhuce of alcohol, drugs
or medication.
• Consider huvironmhutal conditions:
Keep work area well lighted.
• Prevhut adverse body positions.
husure firm footing and keep your
balance at all times.
• Use suitable work piece supports to
support the work piece whhu cutting
long stock. Set the work piece rests
to an appropriate height.
• Do not operate the machine near
inflammable liquids or gases.
• This thicknessing machine shall only
be started and operated by persons
familiar with thicknessing machines
and the dangers associated with the
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