•Always wear safety goggles and hearing protection. If
desired or required also use another protection for
example an apron or helmet.
•Always disconnect the plug from the socket before
carry out any work on the machine. Only plug-in
when the machine is switched off.
•Keep mains lead clear from working range of the
machine. Always lead the cable away behind you.
•Do not stop the blade by hand after switching off.
•The base plate must not be clamped down while the
blade is extended. Lowering and raising the blade
must be a smooth operation.
ADJUSTING THE MACHINE
ADJUSTING THE CUTTING DEPTH
Fig.B
•Move the motor base (15) as far as possible
backwards.
•Set the cutting depth by turning the cutting depth
adjustment knob (7).
•Move the motor base forwards and check if the pin
(A) will fall in the notch of the adjustment knob.
The following table shows the relationship of the
markings on the adjustment knob to cutting depth,
thickness of material and associated biscuit dowel:
Marking Thickness Biscuit Cutting
of material Dowel depth in mm
08-12 mm No. 0 8.0
10 12-15 mm No. 10 10.0
20 > 15 mm No. 20 12.3
S-Simplex 13.0
D-Duplex 14.7
Max. - - 18.0
ADJUSTING THE CUTTING ANGLE
Fig. C
•The cutting angle can be set by unlocking the
clamping lever (8) and put the angle stop (4) in the
required angle.
•Should the clamping lever be in the way when
working with the tool, then pull the clamping lever
out and fasten it in a different position without
changing the cutting angle.
ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT
Fig. D
•The correct height can be set by unlocking the
clamping lever (9) and turning the knob for the height
adjustment (10) to the desired height with aid of the
scale (11).
•The height must corresponds to half of the material
thickness of the working piece, the groove for the
biscuit dowel must always be in the middle of the
working piece.
•Should the clamping lever be in the way when
working with the tool, then pull the clamping lever
out and fasten it in a different position without
changing the height.
MOUNTING ACCESSORIES
Disconnect the plug from the main socket
MOUNTING SAW BLADE
Fig. E
•Loosen the allen screw (16) with the supplied allen
wrench and open the top of the base plate
•Press the spindle lock and turn the spindle (17) until it
engages in the lock. Keep the spindle lock pressed
during this procedure.
•Remove the flange nut (18) from the spindle using the
wrench (19).
•Position the saw blade (20) on the flange (21).
•Place the flange nut (18) on the spindle (17) and
tighten it with the wrench.
•The flange nut has two sides. One for sawblades with
bore 20 mm and the otherside for sawblades with
bore 22 mm.
Take care that the flange nut will be placed with the
correct side on the spindle.
•Release the spindle lock and check that the spindle is
unlocked by rotating it.
•Close the top of the base plate and fasten the allen
screw (16) with the supplied allen wrench.
Make sure that the top of the base plate is securely
closed before operating the machine.
MOUNTING DUST BAG
Fig. A
For dust extraction the dust bag (14) can be used.
Insert the dust bag (14) into the vacuuming connection
(13). Empty the dust bag regularly so that the vacuuming
performance remains intact.
OPERATION
SWITCHING ON AND OFF
Never use the spindle lock while the machine is
working.
•To switch the machine on slide the on/off switch
forwards.
•To switch the machine off, depress the on/off switch,
the switch will automatically move to the ‘off’
position.
Never use the spindle lock to stop the motor.
MARKING THE WORKPIECES
Fig. F
Before starting with the Biscuit Jointer the workpieces
must be marked as following:
•Place the two workpieces, which must be connected,
on top of each other.
•Fasten the workpieces and mark the center of the
groove.
•The space between two grooves should be 10-15
cm, this doesn’t concerns for smaller workpieces.
Smaller workpieces don’t have to be marked.
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