Owner's Operating Manual Plate Joiner / Jm80 Double Insulated
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OWNER'S OPERATING MANUAL PLATE JOINER / JM80 DOUBLE INSULATED SPECIFICATIONS: No Load Speed 10,000 rpm Rating 120 volts, 60 Hz, AC 6.0 Amperes Fence Angle Adjustment With 45° Positive Stops 0 - 135° Fence Height Adjustment 0 - 2 In. Depth Of Cut With Micro Depth Of Cut Adjustment 0 - 5/8 In. (16mm) Net Weight 6.8 lbs THANK YOU FOR BUYING A RYOBI PLATE JOINER. Your new plate joiner has been engineered and manufactured to Ryobi's high standard for dependability, ease of operation, and operator safety. Properly cared for, it will give you years of rugged, trouble-free performance. CAUTION: Carefully read through this entire owner's manual before using your new plate joiner. Pay close attention to the Rules for Safe Operation, Warnings, and Cautions. If you use your plate joiner properly and only for what it is intended, you will enjoy years of safe, reliable service. Thank you again for buying a Ryobi plate joiner. SAVE THIS MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Table of Contents 1. Table of Contents / Introduction ...............................................................2 2. Rules For Safe Operation ..................................................................... 4-6 3. Features ................................................................................................ 7-8 4. Adjustments .........................................................................................9-10 5. Operation...........................................................................................11-16 6. Maintenance ......................................................................................17-19 7. Accessories .............................................................................................19 8. Troubleshooting...................................................................................... 20 9. Service Information ................................................................................ 22 INTRODUCTION Spline joinery is one of the strongest methods of joinery Football shaped wafers, called biscuits, are then placed used in woodworking. When glue is properly applied to a inside the slots with glue and used to help line up adjoining spline and to the joint area of the wood pieces being surfaces. When a water based glue is used, the biscuits connected, a large surface area receives the adhesion swell in the joint, making an extremely strong and firm properties of the glue. This forms a very strong joint. bond. White glue, yellow glue, carpenters glue, hide glue, Traditional spline joinery requires cutting slots with a router and aliphatic resin glue are examples of water based glues. or table saw. Small, thin strips of wood must then be cut to This bonding technique has traditionally been limited to fit inside the slots and act as splines. making edge-to-edge joints. However, with the use of your Newer methods of spline joinery use a plate or biscuit new plate joiner, biscuits can now be easily used to con- joiner to cut precise mating oval slots in adjoining boards. nect butt, miter, and T-joints. Biscuit joining can be as Your new plate joiner is a fast, simple, and accurate plunge strong as mortise and tenon, tongue and groove, standard cutting tool that can be used for this purpose. It can be spline, and doweled joints. In most cases the material used to cut slots in hardwood, softwood, plywood, particle around the biscuit will break before the biscuit itself will board, and other pressed woods. break. A greater surface area is exposed to glue in a biscuit joint, making the seams stronger. Page 2 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS PLATE JOINER / JM80 EDGE-TO-EDGE JOINTS BUTT JOINTS MITER JOINTS T- JOINT Page 3 RULES FOR SAFE OPERATION THE PURPOSE OF SAFETY SYMBOLS IS TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION TO POSSIBLE DANGERS. THE SAFETY SYMBOLS, AND THE EXPLANATIONS WITH THEM, DESERVE YOUR CAREFUL ATTENTION AND UNDERSTANDING. THE SAFETY WARNINGS DO NOT BY THEMSELVES ELIMINATE ANY DANGER. THE INSTRUCTIONS OR WARNINGS THEY GIVE ARE NOT SUBSTITUTES FOR PROPER ACCIDENT PREVENTION MEASURES. SYMBOL MEANING SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL: Indicates caution or warning. May be used in conjunction with other symbols or pictographs. WARNING: Failure to obey a safety warning can result in serious injury to yourself or to others. Always follow the safety precautions to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and personal injury. CAUTION: Failure to obey a safety warning may result in property damage or personal injury to yourself or to others. Always follow the safety precautions to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and personal injury. DOUBLE INSULATION IMPORTANT Your Ryobi power tool is double insulated. This means you Servicing of a tool with double insulation requires extreme are separated from the tool's electrical system by two complete care and knowledge of the system and should be performed sets of electrical insulation. This extra layer of insulation is only by a qualified service technician. For service we intended to protect the user from electrical shock due to a suggest you return the tool to your nearest Ryobi break in the wiring insulation. All exposed metal parts are AUTHORIZED SERVICE ORGANIZATION for repair. isolated from the internal metal motor components with When servicing use only identical Ryobi replacement protecting insulation. Double insulated tools do not need to parts. be grounded. WARNING: WARNING: The double insulated system is intended to protect the Do not attempt to operate this tool until you have read user from shock resulting from a break in the tool's thoroughly and understand completely all instructions, internal wiring. Observe all normal safety precautions safety rules, etc. contained in this manual. Failure to related to avoiding electrical shock. comply can result in accidents involving fire, electric shock, or serious personal injury. Save owner's manual and review frequently for continuing safe operation, and WARNING: instructing others who may use this tool. WEAR YOUR The operation of any plate joiner can result in foreign objects being thrown into your SAFETY GLASSES eyes, which can result in severe eye damage. Before beginning power tool operation, always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side shields and a full face shield when needed. We recommend Wide Vision Safety Mask for use over eyeglasses or FORESIGHT IS BETTERBETTER THAN NO SIGHT standard safety glasses with side shields. Look for this symbol to point out important safety precautions. It means attention!!! Your safety is involved. Page 4 READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS 1. KNOW YOUR POWER TOOL - Read owner's 14. SECURE WORK. Use clamps or a vise to manual carefully. Learn its applications and hold work. It's safer than using your hand and limitations as well as the specific potential it frees both hands to operate tool. hazards related to this tool. 15. DON'T OVERREACH. Keep proper footing 2. GUARD AGAINST ELECTRICAL SHOCK and balance at all times. Do not use on a BY PREVENTING BODY CONTACT WITH ladder or unstable support. GROUNDED SURFACES. For example: 16. MAINTAIN TOOLS WITH CARE. Keep tools Pipes, radiators, ranges, refrigerator sharp at all times, and clean for best and enclosures. safest performance. Follow instructions for 3. KEEP WORK AREA CLEAN. Cluttered areas lubricating and changing accessories. and benches invite accidents. 17. DISCONNECT TOOLS. When not in use, 4. AVOID DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. before servicing, or when changing Don't use power tools in damp or wet locations attachments, blades, bits, cutters, etc., all or expose to rain. Keep work area well lit. tools should be disconnected. 5. KEEP CHILDREN AND VISITORS AWAY. 18. REMOVE ADJUSTING KEYS AND All visitors should wear safety glasses and be WRENCHES. Form habit of checking to see kept a safe distance from work area. Do not let that keys and adjusting wrenches are removed visitors contact tool or extension cord. from tool before turning it on. 6. STORE IDLE TOOLS. When not in use tools 19. AVOID ACCIDENTAL STARTING. Don't should be stored in a dry, high or locked-up carry plugged-in tool with finger on switch. Be place – out of the reach of children. sure switch is off when plugging in. 7. DON'T FORCE TOOL. It will do the job better 20. MAKE SURE YOUR EXTENSION CORD IS and safer at the rate for which it was designed. IN GOOD CONDITION. When using an 8. USE RIGHT TOOL. Don't force small tool or extension cord, be sure to use one heavy attachment to do the job of a heavy duty tool. enough to carry the current your product will Don't use tool for purpose not intended – for draw. An undersized cord will cause a drop in example – Don't use a circular saw for cutting line voltage resulting in loss of power and tree limbs or logs. overheating. A wire gage size (A.W.G.) of at least 12 is recommended for an extension 9. DRESS PROPERLY. Do not wear loose cord 100 feet or less in length. A cord exceeding clothing or jewelry. They can be caught in 100 feet is not recommended. If in doubt, use moving parts. Rubber gloves and non-skid the next heavier gage. The smaller the gage footwear are recommended when working number, the heavier the cord. outdoors. Also, wear protective hair covering to contain long hair and keep it from being 21. OUTDOOR USE EXTENSION CORDS. drawn into air vents. When tool is used outdoors, use only extension cords intended for use outdoors. Outdoor 10. ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WITH approved cords are marked with the suffix W- SIDE SHIELDS. Everyday eyeglasses have A, for example - SJTW-A or SJOW-A. only impact resistant lenses; they are NOT safety glasses. 22. KEEP BLADES CLEAN AND SHARP. Sharp blades minimize stalling and kickback. 11. PROTECT YOUR LUNGS. Wear a face or dust mask if operation is dusty. 23. KEEP HANDS AWAY FROM CUTTING AREA. Keep hands away from blades. Do not 12. PROTECT YOUR HEARING. Wear hearing reach underneath work while blade is rotating. protection during extended periods of WARNING: BLADES COAST AFTER TURN operation. OFF. 13. DON'T ABUSE CORD. Never carry tool by cord or yank it to disconnect from receptacle. Keep cord from heat, oil, and sharp edges. Page 5 RULES FOR SAFE OPERATION (Continued) 24. NEVER USE IN AN EXPLOSIVE size holes.