Thicknesser / Planer adjustments

Blade height is set by raising or lowering the outfeed table. The blade position is set. The Blade should be _slightly_ higher than the outfeed to give a straight cut. If the blade is too low joints will be convex, too high and joints will be concave or stepped. We're looking for the goldilocks height. The Blade also needs to be level to the outfeed table. The outfeed table is the REFERENCE FACE - when planing one should aim to have the freshly cut face resting on this table.

Height and level (left-to-right as one looks at the machine) of both tables is set by a pair of eccentric rods, joined by a linkage so that they turn together. These rods move the hinge and a plate at the front of the table relative to the table surface. As long as the linkage is working, the two will move in sync and the table will move without tilting left-right. To adjust left-right tilt, disconnect the linkage and rotate the bars individually.

The manual only hints at how to do this, but this seems to work..

1. Disconnect the power!!

2. Did you disconnect the power? Check.

3. Rotate the guard arm out of the way (loosen the cam where the arm meets the machine and rotate).

4. Remove the covers (front and back) with a 6mm(?) allen key…

.. to reveal the linkage between the ecentric rods.