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Class Red Equipment
High risk of injury
See Workshop Safety
Training is required to use this tool
"Assume that all power tools are trying to kill you, and all hand tools are blood-seeking opportunists" Mike T. 2023
This machine uses a powerful motor to spin an exposed blade. patterns
planers are capable of causing life-changing injuries which occur in a fraction of a second. You are responsible for ensuring your own safety; do not operate this machine if you do not feel capable of doing so safely. Trainers will always be happy to assist you if you need it, and would much rather be involved before problems occur, than after.
- Only those who have been trained by the room lead, and have signed a usage agreement, are permitted to operate the machine.
- Keep your hands well away from the blades.
- Remove or tuck-in any loose items of clothing, so that they do not catch the bladed.
- Always wear safety glasses and hearing protection while operating the machine.
- Never plane anything without using the bridge guard.
- Always be vigilant about your balance and the position of your limbs while the blades are spinning.
- Always use the dust-extractor when using this machine.
- Never pull a workpiece back across the blades while the blades are spinning.
- Never reach over the blades while they are spinning.
- This machine is intended for cutting wood only.
- Motor
- 2.2kw (3hp)
- 415V 3 phase
- No-load blade speed: ?RPM
- Blades
- 3 knives on drum
- 310mm long
- Capacity
- Planing width: 310mm
- Thicknessing width: 310mm
- Thicknessing height: 230mm
- Table length: ?mm
- 150mm dust extraction port
Users should not be changing knives themselves. Notify the room lead when the knives need replacing, and they will swap them out.