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MODELS
W1723 and W1724
15" PLANERS
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Phone: 1-360-734-3482 • On-Line Technical Support: tech-support@shopfox.biz
COPYRIGHT © NOVEMBER, 2003 BY WOODSTOCK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
WARNING: NO PORTION OF THIS MANUAL MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM WITHOUT
THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF WOODSTOCK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Printed in China
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WARNING Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are: • Lead from lead-based paints. • Crystalline silica from bricks, cement, and other masonry products. • Arsenic and chromium from chemically treated lumber. Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work.
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INTRODUCTION SAFETY ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENTS OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................2 About Your New Planer ........................................................................................2 Woodstock Service and Support ..............................................................................2 Warranty and Returns .................................................
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INTRODUCTION About Your New Planer ® The SHOP FOX Model W1723 and W1724 15" Planers have been specially designed to provide many years of trouble free service, and the consistent ability to hold fine adjustment settings board-after- board all day long. These planers have a stationary table and a moveable headstock, which makes readjusting accessory infeed and outfeed support-table height unnecessary. The Model W1723 has a three-knife cutterhead driven by a 3 HP thermally-protected motor and trip
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INTRODUCTION Warranty and Returns ® Woodstock International, Inc. warrants all SHOP FOX machinery to be free of defects from workmanship and materials for a period of 2 years from the date of original purchase by the original owner. This warranty does not apply to defects due directly or indirectly to misuse, abuse, negligence or accidents, lack of maintenance, or to repair or alterations made or specifically authorized by anyone other than Woodstock International, Inc. ® Woodstock Internationa
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SAFETY FIRST! READ MANUAL BEFORE OPERATING MACHINE FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BELOW WILL RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, WILL result in death or serious injury. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, COULD result in death or serious injury. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, MAY result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices. This
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SAFETY 13.Use correct tool. DO NOT force machine or attachment to do a job for which it was not designed. 14.Wear proper apparel. DO NOT wear loose clothing, neck ties, gloves, jewelry, etc. 15.Remove adjusting keys and wrenches before starting the machine. Make this a habit! 16.Use proper extension cord. When using an extension cord, make sure it is in good condition. Use extension cords 100' or less in length that are rated Hard Service (grade S) or better, and that have a conductor size of 16
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Additional Safety Instructions for Planers READ and understand this USE this and other machinery with caution entire instruction manual and respect, and always consider safety before using this machine. first, as it applies to your individual working Serious personal injury conditions. Remember, no list of safety may occur if safety and guidelines can be complete, and every shop operational information is environment is different. Failure to follow not understood and guidelines can result in se
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ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL 220V Operation The motor supplied with your new planer is NOTICE rated at 3 HP and will draw approximately 18 NEVER replace the circuit breaker with one amps during 220 volt operation. When rated at a higher amperage or damage to the choosing an outlet for this machine, we circuit may occur. recommend using a NEMA 6-20 plug and receptacle with a 20 amp circuit breaker or fuse. Keep in mind that a circuit being used by other machines or tools at the same time will add to the
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ASSEMBLY Overview Inventory your package carefully with the list Most of your new planer has been factory below. For missing parts, contact Woodstock assembled; however, depending on International, Inc. at 360-734-3482 or by e-mail at: tech-support@shopfox.biz. manufacture date, some parts shown in Figure 2 may already have been assembled. Please Box Contents take your time and try to be as accurate as possible when following each step. This care W1723 Planer Unit or W1724 Planer Unit on Cabinet
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ASSEMBLY Shop Preparation Cleaning Planer • Floor Load: Your planer represents a large The table and other unpainted parts of your weight load in a small footprint. Most planer are coated with a waxy grease that commercial floors are suitable for the protects them from corrosion during shipment. planer. Some residential floors may require Clean this grease off with a solvent cleaner or additional bracing to support both machine citrus-based degreaser. DO NOT use chlorine- and operator. based sol
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Stand (W1723) The Model W1723 is equipped with a stand that can be mounted to a mobile base. USE helpers or power lifting equipment to lift this planer. Otherwise, serious personal injury may occur. To assemble the stand and mount the planer, do these steps: 1. Insert (2) two-by-fours into the planer for lifting supports, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Suggested lifting fixture. 2. Rotate the cutterhead so the knife edges are clear, and lower the cutterhead casting so the (2) two-by-fours a
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ASSEMBLY Extension Rollers Table The extension roller assemblies are identical for Roller both the infeed and the outfeed ends of the table. To help minimize snipe, you may have to Setscrew adjust the extension rollers periodically so they are approximately 0.030" above the table. To mount the extension rollers, do these steps: 1. Loosen the setscrews where the table rollers mount to the planer body (on both Eccentric ends) as shown in Figure 6. 2. Use a wrench to lower the rollers on their ecce
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Knife Setting Jig (W1723) We have provided a jig to make the knife setting process easy and quick on the Model Knife Gauge Rod W1723 Planer. See Figure 9. To assemble the knife setting jig, do these E-Clip steps: 1. Snap two E-clips over the inner grove in the knife gauge rod. 2. Slide the aluminum knife setting jig Knife Gauge brackets onto the rod. 3. Snap the other two E-clips over the outside grooves in the knife setting rod. Figure 9. W1723 straight-k nife setting jig. Indexing Pin Spira
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ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS Planer Overview Take the time to familiarize yourself with the controls of your new planer. While the Model W1724 Planer is shown in Figure 11, all controls WEAR thick gloves and use are the same for the Model W1723 Planer. The extreme caution when controls will be frequently mentioned throughout working near cutting this instruction manual. The better you know surfaces. Planer knives are your machine, the better you can make it dangerously sharp! Failure perform. to e
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Cutterhead Alignment The most critical adjustments made on your new planer are dependent on the cutterhead Table body being parallel to the table. Because of Roller this alignment, checking the table is the first step to establishing an accurate planer. Setscrew There are two dimensions you should be concerned about when checking/aligning the table—the cutterhead casting should be parallel to the table from front-to-back, and the cutterhead should be parallel with the table from side-to-side.
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ADJUSTMENTS 8. Place the block under the front of the head casting to either side of the depth stop. 9. Lower the cutterhead casting so the block barely touches the casting. 10. Remove the block and place it between the middle-rear of the cutterhead casting and the table. If there is a gap or it will not fit under the head casting, measure the difference with a feeler gauge. If this measurement is more than 0.002", then the table needs to be adjusted from front to back. 11. There are two metho
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2. Hold the chain away from the sprocket 4. Loosen the cutterhead casting mounting screws and use a two-by-four to pry and while you turn the sprocket. Make sure, as lift/lower the cutterhead casting until the you adjust each sprocket, that you count casting and table are parallel with each the number of teeth that pass a fixed other. point. NOTE: This adjustment may require some trial and error and two people. One person NOTE: As viewed from the underside of holds the head casting in positi
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ADJUSTMENTS Inspecting Knives (W1723) These Points Must All Touch Evenly The Model W1723 features a three straight- knife cutterhead. Correctly positioned knives act as a reference point for adjusting the feed rollers and the chip breaker. The knife edge should be within 0.002" from one end to the other. Improperly adjusted knives may unbalance the cutterhead, reduce the sharpness of knife edges prematurely, shorten bearing life, and produce poor planing results. WEAR thick gloves and use extr
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Knife Replacement (W1723) The Model W1723 Planer is equipped with both springs and jack screws for knife adjustment. Springs allow adjustments to be made quickly, while jack screws are more accurate. Both methods are covered below. The W1724 does not use adjustable knives. WEAR thick gloves when working near planer knives. Otherwise you can be severely cut! ® Figure 19. Typical SHOP FOX cutterhead. JACK SCREWS support the knives from SPRINGS exert upward pressure under the underneath. By thre
