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Grizzly Industrial, 15" Planer Instruction Manual
Grizzly Industrial, 15" Planer Instruction Manual
MODEL G1021
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
WARNING
For Your Own Safety Read Instruction
Manual Before Operating This Equipment
The purpose of safety symbols is to attract your attention to possible dangers. This manual uses
a series of symbols which are intended to convey the level of criticality of the safety message.
The progression of symbols is described below. Remember that safety messages by themselves
do not eliminate danger and are not a substitute for proper accident prevention measures.
WARNING
Safety Instructions For Power Tools
1. KEEP GUARDS IN PLACE and in working 5. KEEP CHILDREN AND VISITORS
order. AWAY. All children and visitors should be
kept a safe distance from work area.
2. REMOVE ADJUSTING KEYS AND
WRENCHES. Form habit of checking to 6. MAKE WORK SHOP CHILD PROOF with
see that keys and adjusting wrenches are padlocks, master switches, or by removing
removed from tool before turning on. starter keys.
3. KEEP WORK AREA CLEAN. Cluttered 7. DON’T FORCE TOOL. It will do the job
areas and benches invite accidents. better and safer at the rate for which it was
designed.
4. DON’T USE IN DANGEROUS ENVIRON-
MENT. Don’t use power tools in damp or 8. USE RIGHT TOOL. Don’t force tool or
wet locations, or where any flammable or attachment to do a job for which it was not
noxious fumes may exist. Keep work area designed.
well lighted.
13. DON’T OVERREACH. Keep proper footing 20. NEVER LEAVE TOOL RUNNING UNAT-
and balance at all times. TENDED. TURN POWER OFF. Don’t leave
tool until it comes to a complete stop.
WARNING CAUTION
Like all power tools, there is danger asso- No list of safety guidelines can be com-
ciated with the Model G1021 15" Planer. plete. Every shop environment is different.
Use the tool with respect and caution to Always consider safety first, as it applies to
lessen the possibility of mechanical dam- your individual working conditions. Use
age or operator injury. If normal safety pre- this and other machinery with caution and
cautions are overlooked or ignored. respect. Failure to do so could result in
Serious personal injury may occur. serious person injury, damage to equip-
ment or poor work results.
WARNING
Always wear ANSI-approved safety glasses
or goggles and hearing protection when
operating equipment. Do not allow visitors
into your workshop when testing or operat-
ing equipment unless similarly equipped.
Serious personal injury may occur.
Extension Cords
Figure 1. NEMA 6-15 220V/15A connector.
If used, extension cords must be rated hard ser-
Fusing vice – grade S – or better. Conductor size must
be 12 AWG for cords up to 50 feet in length. Your
extension cord must also contain a ground wire
and plug pin. To ensure safe and dependable
Under normal load, the Model G1021 draws
machine performance, inspect cords frequently
about 12 amps. We recommend a 15-amp circuit
for wear or damage. Replace or repair the cord
or a 20-amp slow-blow fuse. A circuit rated any
immediately if evidence of damage is apparent.
higher will not adequately protect the motor.
Hardware Qty
The bandsaw is shipped from the factory in a Cap Screw 6mm - 1.0 x 12 3
carefully packed carton. If you find the machine to Lock Washer 6mm 3
be damaged after you’ve signed for delivery and Hex Bolts 6mm - 1.0 x 12 3
the truck and driver are already gone, you will Hex Nuts 6mm - 1.0 3
need to file a freight claim with the carrier. Save Washers 6mm 6
the containers and all packing materials for Knife Setting Jig Rod 1
inspection by the carrier or their agent. Without Knife Setting Jig Brackets 2
the packing materials, filing a freight claim can be E-clips 2
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difficult. If you need advice regarding this situa- Allen Wrench 3mm 1
tion, please call us immediately. Allen® Wrench 4mm 1
Allen® Wrench 5mm 1
Allen® Wrench 6mm 1
WARNING Open End Wrench 8-10mm
Open End Wrench 12-14mm 1
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Parts Inventory In the event that any parts are missing, we will be
happy to replace them. Contact our Customer
Service number for assistance. If any non-propri-
etary parts such as nuts, bolts or washers are
Take a quick inventory of the parts and put them
missing, we will be happy to replace these too,
aside for assembly later. After all the parts have
but for the sake of expediency, these items can
been removed from the container, you should
be obtained at your local hardware store.
have:
• Planer Unit
• Dust Port CAUTION
• Roller Extensions
• Hand Wheel Some die-cut metal parts may have sharp
• Stand Top (Optional) edges (called “flashing”) on them after they
• Stand Legs (Optional) are formed. Please examine the edges of
• Stand Braces (Optional) all die-cut metal parts before handling
them. Failure to do so could result in injury.
CAUTION CAUTION
Many of the solvents commonly used to Make your shop “child safe”. Ensure that
clean machinery can be highly flammable, your workplace is inaccessible to young-
and toxic when inhaled or ingested. Always sters by closing and locking all entrances
work in well-ventilated areas far from poten- when you are away. Never allow visitors in
tial ignition sources when dealing with sol- your shop when assembling, adjusting or
vents. Use care when disposing of waste operating equipment.
rags and towels to be sure they do not cre-
ate fire or environmental hazards. Keep chil-
dren and animals safely away when clean-
ing and assembling this machine.
Optional Stand
To begin stand assembly, keep all the stand parts
within easy reach. To ease assembly, build the
stand upside down on a bench and then place it
upright on the floor.
Cap Screws
Lifting Handles
Jig Rod
E-clip
Jig Bracket
CAUTION
Figure 6. Handwheel attachment. Planer knives are dangerously sharp. Use
extreme caution when working near cutting
surfaces. Failure to exercise care while
working near knives could result in severe
injury.
CAUTION
DO NOT attach the dust hood if you do not
Height Adjust intend to connect the Model G1021 to a dust
Setscrew collection system. Accumulated wood chips
Mounting Bolt could cause a malfunction, resulting in per-
sonal injury or damage to the planer.
Upper Cover
Mounting Bolt
Dust Port
Once assembly has been completed, your G1021 B. The handwheel raises and lowers the table
15" Planer requires just a few adjustments to and controls the depth of cut. Turning the
ready it for use in your shop. handwheel clockwise raises the table and
counter-clockwise lowers the table.
Many adjustments have already been made at
the factory, yet we recommend you familiarize C. The bed rollers ease stock movement
yourself with all of the following procedures to through the planer and are adjustable.
gain a better understanding of the Planer’s con-
struction and operation. D. The three position feed rate change knob
shifts planer feed speed from neutral to 16
General control and adjustment locations are and 20 feet per minute.
shown in Figure 10.
E. The table lock knob secures the table in a
fixed position.
E D
WARNING
DO NOT make adjustments while the planer
is running. Ensure that the switch is off,
power is disconnected and moving parts
have stopped before making adjustments. Figure 12. Guide block indicates parallelism.
Failure to comply could result in serious
injury or electrical shock hazard.
If the gap difference from one side to the other is
equal to or less than 0.004", no further adjust-
ment is necessary.
If the gap difference from one side to the other is The Model G1021 Planer has a three-knife cut-
greater than 0.016", the table raising chain under terhead. The cutterhead is located in the head
the planer base will need to be adjusted. Please casting and rotates on two sealed bearings. No
call our Customer Service number for chain lubrication is needed for the life of the bearings.
adjustment instructions.
Because of normal use and wear, the knives
To adjust for gap differences of less than 0.016": must be periodically sharpened, replaced or
adjusted. Adjustment from the factory must also
1. Determine which side of the table must be be checked prior to use due to possible move-
raised to correct the gap. ment during shipment.
2. Locate the two cap screws in the table cast- TO INSPECT THE KNIVES:
ing for each of the columns. See Figure 13.
Loosen both sets of cap screws for each col- 1. Lower the table and place the gauge block
umn on the side you wish to adjust. under one end of the cutterhead.
3. Push down or pull up the table in the desired 2. Carefully turn the cutterhead until the first
direction. Hold the table in position and knife is at bottom dead center. Raise the table
retighten the cap screws. until the knife barely touches the top of the
gauge block. Rock the cutterhead over the
4. Recheck the table to cutterhead parallelism gauge block as you raise or lower the table to
again. Repeat steps 1 through 7 until the determine bottom dead center.
deviation is less than 0.004".
3. Slide the gauge block to the opposite side of
the cutterhead and check the same knife,
rocking back and forth to determine bottom
dead center. If the knife does not contact the
gauge block, use a feeler gauge to determine
the difference between one side and the
Loosen these cap
screws to micro adjust
other. See Figure 14. Again, rock the cutter-
the table height head back and forth over the gauge block and
feeler gauge.
Lock Knob
WARNING
Planer knives are dangerously sharp. Use
extreme caution when inspecting, remov-
ing, sharpening, or replacing knives into the
Figure 13 Cap screws for column adjustment. cutterhead. Substantial risk of injury!
4. If the knife bottoms out on the gauge block, 1. Remove the upper cover to expose the cut-
repeat steps 1, 2 and 3, but start on the oppo- terhead.
site side of the cutterhead.
2. Loosen the gib bolts securing the first knife
5. The variation between one side and the other just enough until the knife pushes upward.
should not be greater than 0.004". Repeat
steps 1 through 4 on the other two knives. 3. Place the knife setting jig over the knife on
Again, the variation between all three knives the cutterhead as shown in Figure 15. The
should not be greater than 0.004" knife setting jig will push the knife into posi-
tion in the cutterhead.
Once you have completed inspection on all three
knives, you will able to determine whether or not
there is a need to adjust the knives in the cutter-
head. The next set of instructions will address the
process of setting the knives.
CAUTION
When making adjustments, all three knives
must be adjusted the same. Do not adjust
one knife without adjusting the others as
well. Improper knife height adjustment can
result in damage to knives, poor planer per-
formance and possible operator injury.
Gauge Block
Chip Breaker
The chip breaker is located on the top side of the Figure 17. Location of chip breaker assembly.
planer and extends down around the front of the
cutterhead. Its function is to prevent tear-out or
deep, unregulated gouging as the knives remove WARNING
material. The chip breaker works by breaking the
woodchips as they are being cut by the cutter- DO NOT make adjustments while the planer
head. The chip breaker also deflects and expels is running. Ensure that the switch is off,
the woodchips away from the surface of the power is disconnected and moving parts
board and out of the planer. have stopped before making adjustments.
Failure to ensure that power is disconnect-
TO ADJUST THE CHIPBREAKER: ed could result in serious injury or electrical
shock hazard.
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source, remove the dust hood and lower the
table.
Figure 18. Chip breaker height adjustment. 4. Slide the gauge block over so it is under the
edge of one of the knives. Turn the cutter-
head until one of the knives is at bottom
dead center over the gauge block.
4. When the roller is set in the correct position, 2. Ensure that knives and feed rollers are set
re-tighten the check nuts you loosened in correctly.
Step 2 above.
3. Unscrew the four large pressure setscrews
5. Check your settings one last time and repeat on top of the planer body. See Figure 21.
steps 1-4 if necessary.
Light Pressure
Setscrew
Regular
Pressure
Setscrews
Pressure Setscrew
Pressure Spring
Roller
Check Nut Height Setscrew Figure 23. Inspecting bed roller height.
Figure 22. Roller pressure assembly. 3. Loosen the setscrews on both sides of each
bed roller. See Figure 24.
Mounting Bolts
Cutterhead
Chip Deflector
Chipbreaker
Chip Deflector
The chip deflector keeps chips from falling onto
the outfeed roller. It is the orange plastic plate Figure 25. Chip deflector access.
located under the top cover.
Drain Plug
NOTES
Depth Limiter
The Model G1021 is equipped with a depth lim-
iter – located on the bottom of the cutterhead
casting just under the nameplate. See Figure 36.
The depth limiter controls maximum depth of cut
to 1/8".
CAUTION
To avoid mechanical damage to the planer,
do not remove the depth limiter.
Increasing
White Oak 2,000
Difficulty
DO NOT attempt to investigate or adjust the White Ash 1,950
machine while it is running. Wait until the Black Cherry 1,700
machine is turned off, unplugged and all American Elm 1,510
working parts have come to a rest before Black Walnut 1,370
you do anything! Red Alder 1,080
Basswood 980
Cottonwood 930
If noises occur that cannot be found by visual
inspection, feel free to contact our service depart- Figure 37. Common hardwood shear strengths.
ment for help.
Fuzzy Grain - Usually caused by surfacing lum- Wavy Surface - Caused by poor knife height
ber with too high a moisture content. Sometimes adjustment, wavy surface appears when one
fuzzy grain is a characteristic of some woods, knife is taking deeper cuts than the rest of the
such as basswood. Fuzzy grain can also be knives. Remedy by re-setting the knives to a tol-
caused by dull knives or an incorrect grinding erance of ± .001".
bevel. Check with a moisture meter. If moisture is
greater than 20%, sticker the wood and allow to Pitch & Glue Build-up - Glue and resin build-up
dry. Otherwise, inspect knife condition. on the rollers and cutterhead will cause over-
heating by decreasing cutting sharpness while
Glossy Surface - Usually caused by dull knives increasing drag in the feed mechanism. The
taking shallow cuts at a slow feed speed. Surface result can include scorched lumber as well as
gloss will usually be accompanied by overheat- uneven knife marks and chatter.
ing. Often, lumber will be scorched and eventual-
ly, damage to knives will occur. If knives are Chip Marks - Occur when chips aren’t properly
sharp on inspection, increase feed speed and/or expelled from the cutterhead. The knives catch
cutting depth. the chips and drag them across the lumber being
planed. Chips tend to be random and non-uni-
Snipe - Occurs when board ends have more form (as compared to chipped grain). Can be
material removed than the rest of the board. caused by exhaust blockage or too much room
Usually caused when one or both of the bed between the cutterhead and chip deflector. Using
rollers are set too high. Can also be caused by a dust collection system in combination with the
the chipbreaker or pressure bar being set too planer can help reduce chip marks. Inspect the
high. However, small amount of snipe is chip deflector and re-adjust as described earlier
inevitable. in the text.
3. Worn or damaged cords and plugs. If you must do the job yourself, take note of the
following information.
4. Damaged V-belts.
You will be dealing with a cutting angle of 35
5. Any other condition that could hamper the degrees and a grinding angle of 35 degrees. See
safe operation of this machine. Figure 39. The grinding angle has been deter-
mined by the factory to be the best compromise
for planing a wide variety of wood types. In most
cases, that angle will produce excellent work. If
you choose to change the angle of your bevel, be
sure to consult with a trained sharpener, or with a
Table reference book before you commit to changing
the angle of bevel.
Columns/Lead Screws - The four columns Feed Rollers - Daily lubrication of feed rollers is
should be lubricated weekly with light oil. crucial to the operation of your planer. Lubricate
Unfasten dust covers to gain access. The four before start-up. Each end of each power feed
lead screws should be lubricated with general roller has an oiling port located on the top of the
purpose grease once a month. head casting. See Figure 41. Apply a light oil,
making sure that the lubricant penetrates the
Worm Gear - The worn gear should be inspect- bearing.
ed monthly and lubricated when needed.
Remove the worm gear box to inspect. See parts
diagram for location.
Lead Screw
Oil Can,
1-2 drops
Column
Figure 42. Lead Screw inside of column. Figure 44. Oiling lubrication ports.
Motor will not start. 1. Low voltage. 1. Check power line for proper voltage.
2. Open circuit in motor or loose 2. Inspect all lead connections on motor for loose or open connec-
connections. tions.
Motor will not start; fuses or 1. Short circuit in line cord or plug. 1. Inspect cord or plug for damaged insulation and shorted wires.
circuit breakers blow. 2. Short circuit in motor or loose 2. Inspect all connections on motor for loose or shorted terminals or
connections. worn insulation.
3. Incorrect fuses or circuit break- 3. Install correct fuses or circuit breakers.
ers in power line.
Motor stalls (resulting in 1. Short circuit in motor or loose 1. Inspect connections on motor for loose or shorted terminals or
blown fuses or tripped cir- connections. worn insulation.
cuit). 2. Low voltage. 2 Correct the low voltage conditions.
3. Incorrect fuses or circuit break- 3. Install correct fuses or circuit breakers.
ers in power line.
4. Motor overloaded. 4. Reduce load on motor.
Machine slows when oper- 1. Feed rate too high. 1. Feed workpiece slower.
ating. 2. Depth of cut too great. 2. Reduce depth of cut.
Loud, repetitious noise com- 1. Pulley setscrews or keys are 1. Inspect keys and setscrews. Replace or tighten if necessary.
ing from machine missing or loose. 2. Tighten fan or shim cover.
2. Motor fan is hitting the cover. 3. Replace V-belt. See Maintenance.
3. V-belt is defective
Machine is loud when cut- 1. Excessive depth of cut. 1. Decrease depth of cut.
ting. Overheats or bogs 2. Knives are dull 2. Sharpen knives.
down in the cut.
Infeed roller marks are left Depth of cut too shallow. Increase depth of cut.
on the workpiece.
Outfeed roller marks are left Too much spring tension on feed Refer to Feed Roller Pressure section for adjustment.
on right side of workpiece. roller.
Cannot control snipe. Long or heavy board sags as it Lift up on unsupported end of board as it enters and exits cutter-
enters and exits. head.
Chip buildup on outfeed Chips working their way back Lay duct tape over the mounting bolts along the outside edge to
roller. under the chip deflector. seal any possible gaps.
Machine howls on startup. Chip deflector too close to the Move back 1/8" to 1/4" from the cutterhead.
cutterhead.
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We shall in no event be liable for death, injuries to persons or property or for incidental, contingent, spe-
cial, or consequential damages arising from the use of our products.
To take advantage of this warranty, contact us by mail or phone and give us all the details. We will then
issue you a “Return Number’’, which must be clearly posted on the outside as well as the inside of the car-
ton. We will not accept any item back without this number. Proof of purchase must accompany the mer-
chandise.
The manufacturers reserve the right to change specifications at any time because they constantly strive to
achieve better quality equipment. We make every effort to ensure that our products meet high quality and
durability standards and we hope you never need to use this warranty.
Please feel free to write or call us if you have any questions about the machine or the manual.
Thank you again for your business and continued support. We hope to serve you again soon.