On 13 Jan 2004 15:14:21 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
(Graham Mead) writes:
Cheers Andrew,

So pushing the blade fully into the holder automatically sets it
parallel with the right amount of blade being prominent?

*If* that's the same model as mine, yes.
The blade slides in/out from the edge I think.



Its easy to check.

Turn the plane over and place a small piece of wood on the out feed
surface and projecting over the blade. Mark where it crosses the edge
of the outfeed surface. Rotate the blade by hand . It should pick up
the piece of wood and move it slightly forward

Carry out this operation with both blades. The distance travelled
should be equal.

You can also check if the blade is sitting correctly by carrying out
this check first on one side of the blade and then on the other.

If the blade doesn't move the wood then the blade is set too low.

Seting planer blades has been likened to root canal work, just not
quite as pleasant .

On the other hand electric paners are savage tools anyway so shouldn't
be too finicky to set up

Paul Mc Cann