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Wood Tech chp 20 wrkbk

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

1. 

One of the purposes of a planer is to straighten a warped board.
 

2. 

The cutting head is mounted below the table, so when you pass stock through the planer, only the bottom of the stock is surfaced.
 

3. 

You should always stand to one side when planing stock, never directly behind the board.
 

4. 

When tailing off, pull gently on the board being planed to help it move through the planer smoothly.
 

5. 

To surface several short pieces of the same thickness, butt the ends together as they are fed through the planer.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
 

6. 

The part of a planer that prevents the grain from tearing out as a board is fed through the planer is the _____. (two words)
 

 

7. 

Boards to be planed must be _____ inches longer than the distance between feed rolls.
 

 

8. 

When you are planing very thin stock, you should use a(n) ____ that is at least 3/4 inch thick. (two words)
 

 

9. 

A small, concave cut that sometimes occurs at the end of the stock being planed is called a(n) _____, or snipe.
 

 

10. 

The part of the planer that surfaces the board to the desired thickness is the _____.
 

 

11. 

The _____ of the planer indicates the maximum width and thickness that can be surfaced.
 

 

Matching
 
 
a.
a
e.
e
b.
b
f.
f
c.
c
g.
g
d.
d
 

12. 

infeed roll
 

13. 

cutterhead
 

14. 

pressure bar
 

15. 

outfeed roll
 

16. 

chip breaker
 

17. 

gib
 

18. 

knife
 
 
a.
Step 1
e.
Step 5
b.
Step 2
f.
Step 6
c.
Step 3
g.
Step 7
d.
Step 4
 

19. 

Turn on the power and engage the feed control.
 

20. 

Adjust the machine to 1/16 to 1/8 less than the thickness of the board at its thickest point.
 

21. 

Check the stock and then reset for thickness if another cut is to be made.
 

22. 

Measure the thickness fo the board at its thickest point.
 

23. 

Start the stock into the planer and remove your hands.
 

24. 

Walk around to the back and hold the surfaced end of the board up as the remainder of the board passes through the machine.
 

25. 

Place the working face of the stock on the table so that it feeds with the grain.
 



 
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