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Operating Instructions and Parts Manual
22-inch Planer
Models 201 and 201HH
WMH TOOL GROUP, Inc.
2420 Vantage Drive
Elgin, Illinois 60124 Part No. M-0460224
Ph.: 800-274-6848 Revision G 4/07
www.wmhtoolgroup.com Copyright © 2007 WMH Tool Group, Inc.
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Warranty and Service WMH Tool Group, Inc., warrants every product it sells. If one of our tools needs service or repair, one of our Authorized Service Centers located throughout the United States can give you quick service. In most cases, any of these WMH Tool Group Authorized Service Centers can authorize warranty repair, assist you in obtaining parts, or perform routine maintenance and ® major repair on your POWERMATIC tools. For the name of an Authorized Service Center in your area call 1
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Table of Contents Warranty and Service ..............................................................................................................................2 Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................3 Warning...................................................................................................................................................4 Introduction .......
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Warning 1. Read and understand the entire owner’s manual before attempting assembly or operation. 2. Read and understand the warnings posted on the machine and in this manual. Failure to comply with all of these warnings may cause serious injury. 3. Replace the warning labels if they become obscured or removed. 4. This planer is designed and intended for use by properly trained and experienced personnel only. If you are not familiar with the proper and safe operation of a planer, do not
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19. Make your workshop child proof with padlocks, master switches or by removing starter keys. 20. Give your work undivided attention. Looking around, carrying on a conversation and “horse-play” are careless acts that can result in serious injury. 21. Maintain a balanced stance at all times so that you do not fall or lean against moving parts. Do not overreach or use excessive force to perform any machine operation. Stand to the side out of line with the table and make sure no one else
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Introduction This manual is provided by WMH Tool Group, Inc., covering the safe operation and maintenance procedures for a Powermatic Model 201 and 201HH Planer. This manual contains instructions on installation, safety precautions, general operating procedures, maintenance instructions and parts breakdown. This machine has been designed and constructed to provide years of trouble free operation if used in accordance with instructions set forth in this manual. If there are any questions or
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Receiving Open shipping crate and check for shipping damage. Report any damage immediately to your distributor. Read the instruction manual thoroughly for assembly, maintenance and safety instructions. Contents of crate: 1 planer 1 dust chute w/ fasteners 4 screws w/ hex nuts (for leveling feet) 4 leveling feet 1 knife-setting gauge (201 only) 2 star point screwdrivers (201HH only) 1 set of 10 knife inserts (201HH only) 10 knife insert screws
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Installing Dust Hood Mount the dust hood with the eight M6 x 10mm hex screws, eight spring washers, and eight flat washers. See Figure 3. It is strongly recommended that a dust collection system be connected to the 5” port on the planer’s dust hood. The system should be of sufficient volume for this size planer. If a dust collection system is not used, the user is cautioned against the health hazard and the limitations in the OSHA regulation for employee or student exposure to dust
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Inspection Before putting power to the machine, check that all screws are tight, that all mechanical functions work freely and that the cutterhead turns freely without knife contact with the chipbreaker or pressure bar. Adjustments Tools required: Philips screwdriver Hex wrenches (provided) Open-end wrench (provided) Depth of Cut Depth of cut is controlled by raising or lowering the table. This is done by using the handwheel (A), shown in Figure 4. 1.
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Opening Hood To open the hood for access to the cutterhead, remove the two hex screws with the 22mm wrench provided. See Figure 7. Knife Installation and Adjustment (Straight Cutterhead only) Use care when placing hands near knives as they are extremely sharp and can cause severe cuts. Installing knives on a planer is an exacting Figure 7 process. If the knives are not to be jointed and ground, end-to-end and knife-to-knife relationship must be held within .001" (.03mm)
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7. Rotate the cutterhead using the belt or pulley, and repeat steps 2 through 6 for each of the remaining three knives. 8. When all four knives have been installed and made snug, begin the tightening process. NOTE: All knives and gibs should be in place before tightening. Tightening one knife in without the others in position can cause cutterhead distortion. 9. The tightening process should proceed working from the center outward on each knife. Go once around the cu
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The Planer’s Feed System (Refer to Figure 11) 1. Anti-kickback fingers 2. Infeed roller 3. Chipbreaker 4. Cutterhead 5. Pressure bar 6. Outfeed roller Anti-Kickback Fingers Anti-kickback fingers help prevent stock from being thrown from the machine. These fingers operate by gravity and should be inspected for pitch or gum buildup before each day's use. The fingers must operate freely and move independently for correct operation. Infeed Roller The function of the infeed roller is
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6. If it is not 1/16” below the knife, correct by loosening the hex nut and turning the adjustment screw (A, Figure 14) with a hex wrench. 7. Move the gauge to the extreme right end of the infeed roller and check. Make similar adjustments if needed. 8. Tighten hex nuts (A, Figure 14) when finished. IMPORTANT: The setting on both ends of the infeed roller must be the same to avoid skewing of the material as it is fed through the machine. Chipbreaker Figure 13 The chipbreaker is a
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Outfeed Roller The outfeed roller is of smooth, one-piece construction to help avoid marring the finished surface of the material being cut. It is spring tensioned, and its function is to continue to feed the material through the machine after it leaves the infeed roller. The correct free position setting is 1/32" (0.8mm) below the arc of the cutterhead knives. Use a gauge, such as a bed and feed roll gauge or wood gauge block (see Figure 13) to check the outfeed roller in the sam
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5. If the gauge reading is greater or less than zero, reach beneath the table with a wrench and loosen the hex nut (C, Figure 17) which is above the cam (D, Figure 17) near the end of the roller that needs adjusting. Rotate the hex cap screw (E, Figure 17) until the gauge reads zero. 6. Repeat the process for the left side of the table roller, and then re-check the right side. It is important that both ends of the table roller be the same height to help prevent skewing of the board as
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Operating Controls The stop button is a mushroom style button which is convenient for “emergency” shutdowns. After being pushed, the stop button remains engaged. To re-start the planer, twist the stop button clockwise until it pops back out. Test Cutting and Troubleshooting Using a piece of semi-finished stock, set up for a 1/16" (1.59mm) deep cut with the quick-set table roller adjustment (shown in Figure 16) set at zero. Start the machine and, standing to one
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Snipe Some amount of snipe may be inevitable with many planer operations, but proper planer adjustments can so minimize snipe as to make it negligible. If noticeable snipes appear on each end of the Figure 22 material, as shown in Figure 22, a table roller is (snipe) too high causing a slight lift of the material as it passes through the machine. Normally these snipes are more noticeable on the trailing end of the board than on the lead end, and most often occur during planing
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Lubrication Never attempt pressure bar adjustment while planer is connected to The gear box oil should be changed at least power. once a year. Remove the drain plug (A, Figure 25) to drain the oil into an appropriate container. Feed restriction can also occur due to pitch Replace the drain plug and fill the gear box with buildup on the table. Be sure the table surface is 60 to 90 weight gear oil through the fill hole (B, clean. Occasionally dusting the surface with talc Figure 25).
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Troubleshooting: Planer Operating Problems Trouble Probable Cause Remedy Table rollers not set properly. Adjust table rollers to proper height. Support long boards with a roller Inadequate support of long boards. stand. Uneven feed roller pressure front to Adjust feed roller tension. Snipe. back. Sharpen or replace knives. Dull knives. Rotate or replace knife inserts. Butt end-to-end each piece of stock Lumber not butted properly. as they pass through. Planing wood with a high mo
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Troubleshooting: Mechanical and Electrical Problems Trouble Probable Cause Remedy Make sure knives are set correctly Knives not set correctly. Uneven depth of cut and securely in cutterhead. side to side. Adjust table parallel to cutterhead. Planer table not parallel to cutterhead. See page 15. Board thickness does not match depth of Depth of cut scale is incorrect. Adjust pointer on depth of cut scale. cut scale. Inadequate chain tension. Adjust chain tension. Chain is jumping.
