Carbatec TJ-250P User manual

OWNERS MANUAL
PROFESSIONAL COMBINATION THICKNESSER / JOINTER
TJ-250P /TJ-X250P
WARRANTY

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Warning
The symbols below advise that you follow the correct
safety procedures when using this machine.
Dust mask
should be worn
Ear protection
should be worn
Eye protection
should be worn
Fully read manual
and safety instructions
before use
HAZARD
Motor gets hot
An economy version of a European style planer/thicknesser. A real space
saver in the workshop. Features flip-up tables for conversion to thicknesser.
Tables have noise-dampening slots. Serrated steel infeed roller is standard.
Comes with spiral cutter head.
Spiral cutterheads revolutionise your woodwork! Offering silent cutting as
well as less chatter and tear-out in curly or highly figured wood, these
cutterheads save hours of cleanup work after dressing timber. This
machine's 64 four-sided cutter knives (which can be turned to offer a new
cutting edge in seconds) are made of fine grain tungsten carbide and are
held in place by a Torx style screw. Knives of this type last three to five
times longer than good quality HSS knives. Multiply this by four cutting
edges and you achieve 12 to 20 times the normal blade life of a HSS blade
set.
Easily turned and seated, they present a fully sharpened and indexed
cutting edge. No complex blade setting or jigs are required - you simply
replace the blade when all four edges have been used. This style of
cutterhead also reduces the size of shavings when cutting, increasing the
effectiveness of your dust collection setup. The size of the knife and the
spiral cutting action also reduce the amount of horsepower needed to drive
the machine, translating into more effective power transmission on each
cut revolution.

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What’s Included
Model Numbers:
QTY1 AW106PTX / Planer Thicknesser (95% assembled)
QTY1 Planer Fence
QTY1 Planer Fence Mounting Base
QTY1 Fence Securing Bracket
QTY1 Overhand Planer Guard Mounting Bracket
QTY1 Overhand Planer Guard
QTY1 Overhand Planer Guard Locking Plate
QTY1 Spring Metal Plate
QTY2 M10 Washers
QTY2 M10 Lever Handle Bolts
QTY2 M6 x 12mm Caphead Bolts
QTY1 3mm Allen Key
QTY1 4mm Allen Key
QTY1 5mm Allen Key
QTY1 6mm Allen Key
QTY2 M6 Eye Bolts (for lifting)
QTY1 Instruction Manual
General Instructions for 230V Machines
Good Working Practices/Safety
The following suggestions will enable you to observe good working practices, keep yourself and fellow workers
safe and maintain your tools and equipment in good working order.
WARNING!! KEEP TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE REACH OF YOUNG
CHILDREN
Work Place/Environment
The machine is not designed for sub-aqua operation,
do not use when or where it is liable to get wet. Do not
use 230V a.c. powered tools anywhere within a site
area that is flooded or puddled, and do not trail
extension cables across wet areas. Keep the machine
clean; it will enable you to more easily see any damage
that may have occurred.
Having unpacked your saw and its accessories please dispose of any unwanted
packaging properly. The packaging is biodegradable.
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General Instructions for 230V Machines
It is good practice to leave the machine unplugged
until work is about to commence, also make sure to
unplug the machine when it is not in use, or
unattended. Always disconnect by pulling on the plug
body and not the cable. Once you are ready to
commence work, remove any tools used in the setting
operations and place safely out of the way.
Re-connect the machine. Carry out a final check e.g.
check the cutting tool is securely tightened in the
machine, check you have the correct speed and
function set, check that the power cable will not ‘snag’
etc.
Make sure you are comfortable before you start work,
balanced, not reaching etc. Wear the appropriate
safety clothing, goggles, gloves, masks etc. Wear
ear-defenders at all times,iIf you wear your hair in a
long style, wearing a cap, safety helmet, hairnet, even a
Keep the work area as uncluttered as is
practical, this includes personnel as well
as material. Under no circumstances should
CHILDREN be allowed in work areas.
sweatband, will minimise the possibility of your hair
being caught up in the rotating parts of the machine,
likewise, consideration should be given to the removal
of rings and wristwatches, if these are liable to be a
‘snag’ hazard. Consideration should also be given to
non-slip footwear, etc. If you are allowing another
person to use the machine, ensure that they are
suitably qualified to use it.
Do not use the machine if you are tired, your
attention is wandering or you are being subjected
to distraction.
Do not use this machine within the designated
safety areas of flammable liquid stores or in areas
where there may be volatile gases.
Check that cutters are the correct type and size, are
undamaged and are kept clean and sharp, this will
maintain their operating performance and lessen the
loading on the machine. Above all, OBSERVE…. make
sure you know what is happening around you, and
USE YOUR COMMON SENSE.
Specific Precautions Using Planer Thicknessers
Most machines currently, are well interlocked to
ensure that the machine must be in the correct
configuration to perform one task or the other. Make
yourself familiar with these configurations and do not
try to use the machine in a half and half state; or rig
the interlocks to enable you to do so.
These machines are designed for cutting timber only.
They will, but are not designed to, cut timber
derivatives or composites. Glue lines in plywood, block
board etc, will ‘notch’ blades as sure as eggs is eggs.
The bonding agent in chipboard is likewise
detrimental to the health of your planer irons.
It is best to leave them alone. If you have to machine
composites, work out the costs of tungsten, against
HSS (plus the sharpening costs), and proceed
accordingly. On larger machines it is common practice
to leave a portion of the blade (usually the offside 30
mm) to be used on ‘aggressive’ materials.
Overhand planing
Make sure during overhand planing operations, that
the fence is set to the required angle, is securely
fastened and locked in position. Ensure the planer
block guarding is in position and secured.
Disengage the autofeed for the thicknesser.
Ensure both tables are correctly seated and locked
down.
Ensure the dust extraction hood is in place and is not
blocked.
Fit dust extraction.
Check the sharpness of planer irons, check for ‘nicks’
and ‘notches’, if there are damaged sections on the
blades, try to plane in the ‘clear’ areas.Especially when
planing material down to ‘thin’ dimensions, maintain
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Specific Precautions Using Planer Thicknessers
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pressure on the ‘front’ of the material i.e., that portion
of the stuff that has passed over the block, but use a
push stick or a pusher shoe to clear the end of the
stuff over the block.
Thicknessing
When thicknessing, remove the fence. Lower the
thicknessing table slightly. Unlock and swing both
tables ‘up and out of the way’,taking care not to foul
the overhand guard/arm assembly, which will
probably swing free. Turn the dust extraction hood
up and over the block.
Connect the dust extraction. Ensure the hose will not
foul any stuff being passed through the machine.
Check the height of the thicknessing table.
Engage the autofeed mechanism.
Periodically, clean any excess build up of resin from
the thicknessing table, and apply any proprietary
brand of lubricating agent.
NOTE, Consideration should be given to the type of
finish you will be applying to the surface when you
select your cleaning/lubrication agent.
Specifications
motor 2-hp 230v
cutterhead 64 insert knives
blades resharpenable no-replaceable
workshop footprint 1100 x 800 x 1000mm
dust chute 1 x 4"
net weight 150kg
shipping weight 207kg
table type & size cast iron
table length 1050mm
table width 250mm
fence tilt 0-45°
specifications - thicknessing mode
max cutting width 250mm
max thickness of stock 180mm
min thickness of stock 3mm
feed rate 8 mpm
infeed roller serrated
outfeed roller steel
table type cast with rollers
table size 250 x 770mm

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Initial Assembly and Setting Up
Your machine comes enclosed in a packing case with
the accessories packed on top of the tables.Having
removed the top and the sides of the packing case,
remove all the components from the top of the
machine; put to one side. Ascertain the orientation of
the machine and move it to its desired position in the
workshop. Ensure that the machine is positioned to
allow sufficient clearance both in front and behind the
machine to cater for the maximum length of timber
you will wish to machine.
Remember sufficient space must be left ‘around’ the
machine to facilitate your stance when overhand
planing and moving from end to end of the machine if
you are thicknessing singlehandedly. Remember that
when the surface tables are ‘up and out of the way’ for
thicknessing, the machine is appreciably wider than
when it is in overhand mode. The machine is bolted
down on to the pallet that forms the bottom of the
packing case. Remove these ‘hold down’ bolts. In the
packet on top of the tables you will find 2 No. small
‘eye’ bolts. These screw into the top part of the
machine casting (as shown in fig 1.) and can be used
to hoist the machine clear of the pallet. If you do not
have the availability of such a hoist, and are going to
have to ‘manhandle’ the machine off the pallet; make
sure the tables are locked down before applying any
lifting force to them.
IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT LIFTING, PULLING
OR PUSHING IS CARRIED OUT AGAINST THE
TABLES.
However, if expediency dictates that this is the only
method to dismount the machine, this is what must
be done. Do Not under normal circumstances lift, push
or pull the machine using the tables. Any movement is
best carried out against the main frame cabinet.
The machine should be positioned on a flat level
surface. Final levelling can be accomplished using the
levelling bolts in the base fillets of the legs. Once the
machine is in position, and level, it can be bolted to
the floor if so required.
Before adding the fence and the guarding (i.e. with the
machine ‘clean’) it is a good idea to remove the
protective grease film that is coating all the unpainted
parts of the machine. Use a proprietary de-greasing
agent or paraffin et al. Unfortunately, this cleaning
process is always a bit ‘mucky’, you are advised to wear
overalls or coveralls etc., during the process. After
cleaning, especially if you used paraffin, lightly coat
the exposed metal surfaces to prevent any rusting.
Bear in mind the stuff you will be machining and its
possible finishing process, when you choose your
anti-corrosion agent. Locate the planer fence, the
planer fence base, the two handled clamp nuts and
washers. Bolt the ‘T’ yoke to the planer fence base.
Span the bosses of the ‘T’ yoke with the two elongated
slotted lugs of the fence which are loosely bolted into
the fence. Fasten the fence to the yoke using the
handled clamp nuts and washers, position the fence as
required and fasten the four bolts that secure the
mounting lugs.
Your AW106PTX offers the
facility of your being able to plane right or left
handed. Decide on the best and most comfortable
position for you. Locate the fence mounting bracket
and fix to the machine casting as shown in fig 2, using
2 No. M6 x 12mm caphead bolts; depending on your
preferred handing. Introduce the planer fence base
into the bracket; so that the planer fence base slides
into the fence mounting bracket; then secure;
positioning the fence approximately mid-table (see fig
3). Mount the overhand plane guard arm onto the side
of the outfeed table that corresponds to your
preferred handing,then fit the overhand cutter block
guard. In the accessories packet there is a small spring
metal plate - this fits into the overhand guard
clamping assembly to spread the load of the guard
clamp onto the guard. It also prevents the bolt scoring
the upper surface of the guard,fasten in position using
the guard lock (see fig 4).

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Initial Assembly and Setting Up
Fence mounting
bracket
Fence mounting
bracket
Typ.2 M6 x 12mm
caphead bolt
Planer fence base
Fence securing
clamp
Typ. 2 handled
clamp nuts
Typ. 2 elongated fence
support brackets
Typ.2 small eye
bolts
Fig 3
Fig 2
Fig 1

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Machine Illustration and Parts Description
Main chassis
Start/Stop
switches
Thicknessing
table rise and fall
control
Table
extension
Infeed table
Infeed table
adjustor
Outfeed table
Dust extraction
hood
Overhand cutter
guard mounting
arm
Fence assembly
Thicknessing
table rise and fall
clamping handle
Cutter block
guard clamp
Cutter block
guard angle
adjustor
Mounting arm
height adjustor
knob
Spring metal
plate
Outfeed table
adjustor
Fig 4

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Machine Illustration and Parts Description
Main chassis
Start/Stop
switches
Start/Stop
switches
Emergency
stop
Autofeed
engage control
Thicknessing
table
Thicknessing rise
and fall scale
Outfeed table
lock
Cutter block
Cutter block guard
mounting arm lock
handle
Cutter block
guard
Cutter block
guard clamp
Cutter block
guard angle
adjustor
Mounting arm
height adjustor
knob
Fence securing
clamp
Fig 5

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Machine Illustration and Parts Description
Infeed scale for
overhand
Cutter block
guard clamp
mounting arm
lock handle
Cutter block
guard
Cutter block
guard angle
adjustor
Mounting arm
height adjustor
knob
Infeed table lock
Infeed table
adjustor
Infeed table
adjustor
Fig 6
Fig 7a Fig 7

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Machine Illustration and Parts Description
Anti-kick back
fingers
Rise and fall
scale
Outfeed table
lock
Infeed table
lock
Outfeed table
Infeed table
Table position
studs
Outfeed
Thicknessing
adjustor
Limiting bar for
material removal
Table lock stud
Fig 8
Fig 9

Operating Instructions (Overhand Planer or Jointer)
1. Make sure you have read and fully understood the General Instructions and safety precautions that
are printed in the preceding pages of this manual.
2. Before connecting the machine to the supply; check for obvious signs of damage, paying particular
attention to the plug and the power cable. Rectify or have rectified any damage you discover.
Check the blades are not damaged; that they are clean and sharp. Change the blades if necessary.
3. Connect up your dust extraction system to ensure best possible cutting action.
4. Set the fence, leaving sufficient exposed width of planer blades for you to machine the edge
dimension of the workpiece.
5. Check the fence is also set to the correct and desired angle for you cutting operation.
6. Check that all accessories, tools etc., which have been used to set the machine up, are removed
and set carefully aside or stowed away correctly.
7. Lower the infeed table to give the required depth of cut, (e.g. maximum depth to work badly
distorted or very roughly finished timber, minimum to ‘finish’ a fine straight cut off a saw?).
8. Ensure that the Autofeed Engage Control in the in neutral (lower lock) position.
Fig 10
Fig 11
a
b

9. Put the workpiece onto the infeed table and advance it to the stationary cutter block, and set the
cutterhead guard to ‘just’ clear the workpiece, covering the whole of the exposed part of the cutter
block. (Fig 10)
10. Wide, thin boards can be machined using a completely covered cutterhead, raising the height and
angle of the cutterhead guard to be slightly above the thickest part of the workpiece (Fig 11a).This
is one of the safest methods on these boards. Alternatively, wide boards can be machined in the
same way as Step 9 (Fig 11b).
11. Check the workpiece. Select the ‘face’. (The first planing operation). Ensure that, if possible, you
are not planing against the grain, and that if the piece is bent, that the back of the bow is
uppermost.
12. Check that there are no foreign objects e.g. old nails, screws, small stones etc. embedded in the
material you are about to cut.
13. Plug the power cable into a correctly rated switched socket outlet. If extension leads are being
used, check these for damage, do not use if damaged; if you are working outside, check that any
extension cables in use are rated for outside work
14. Press the start button and allow the machine to run up to speed. Put the workpiece onto the infeed
table and advance over the cutter block, maintain a constant downward pressure on the workpiece
whilst feeding
15. Take caution when approaching the area around the cutterhead. Depending on you cutterhead
guard position, you should utilise push blocks, push sticks, or shuffle your hands over the guard
when you reach it.
16. Make as many passes as required to render the workpiece flat and straight
17. When your cutting process is complete, press the red stop button, and allow the machine come to
a complete stop before making any adjustments.
18. Select your next ‘edge’. (The second planing operation). Ensure that, if possible, you are not
planning against the grain, and that if the timber is bent, that the back of the bow is uppermost.
19. If necessary, alter the infeed table depth setting as required for planing the next edge.
20. Set the fence position and angle, adjust the upper cutterhead guard and proceed to cut as
described in the earlier steps.
Operating Instructions (Thicknessing)
1. Make sure you have read and fully understood the General Instructions and safety precautions that
are printed in the preceding pages of this manual.
2. Before connecting the machine to the supply; check for obvious signs of damage, paying particular
attention to the plug and the power cable. Rectify or have rectified any damage you discover.
3. Check the blades are not damaged; that they are clean and sharp. Change the blades if necessary.
4. Lower the Thicknesser table to its lowest position using the rise and fall control handle on the left
hand side (this will allow the dust hood to flip over)
Fig 12
Fig 13

5. Loosen the cutterhead guard mounting swing arm and swing up and completely to the left (or
completely remove if desired)
6. Loosen the Fence Securing Clamp, pull Fence Assembly towards the front of the machine and
completely remove it.
7. Loosen and slightly pull out the captive Infeed and Outfeed Table Locks on the rear of the machine.
8. One at a time, lift the Outfeed, and then the Infeed Tables up from the rear, and swing them over
toward the front of the machine.
9. Swing the Dust Extraction Hood up and over to the top position (Fig 12) ensuring the clip is
engaged with the pin.
10. Connect up your dust extraction system to ensure best possible cutting action.
11. Check that there are no foreign objects e.g. old nails, screws, small stones etc. embedded in the
material you are about to cut.
12. Measure the size of the wood you want to thickness. Set the thicknesser bed to this dimension
against the depth scale on the side of the machine.
13. Press the green start button and allow the cutter block to run up to full speed.
14. Shift the Autofeed Engage Control to the upper, ‘run’ position
15. Take workpiece and orientate the material so that the face you want cut is facing up.
16. Push the material firmly into the feed side of the machine (left side, with Autofeed Controls) until
the Autofeed roller ‘picks up’ the material and pulls it through the machine. (Fig 13)
17. Do not push or pull the material while it is being automatically fed through the machine.
18. Move around to the ‘back’ of the machine and take hold of the workpiece to prevent it falling to the
floor when the machining pass is complete.
19. Measure the dimension you have just cut and calculate how much more material you have to
remove to reach the required size. Raise the thicknessing bed for the new cut.
20. Repeat the process until you desired thickness is achieved remembering that you may need to
machine both rough sides for a finished board.
21. When your cutting process is complete, press the red stop button, and allow the machine come to
a complete stop before making any adjustments.
22. If changing back into Jointing mode, remember to change the Autofeed Engage Control back into
the lower locked ‘neutral’ position and reverse steps 5 through 9.

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Changing the Planer Blades
Fig 14
MAKE SURE THAT THE MACHINE IS DISCONNECTED
FROM THE POWER SUPPLY!
This machine has 64 four-sided cutter knives are made of fine grain tungsten carbide and are held in place by a
Torx style screw. These knives can be turned to offer a new cutting edge in seconds.
Tool for changing knives

Wiring diagram
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Fig 15
M
KM
SB0
SB1
SB2
SB3
SQ1 SQ2
LN
PE
KM
KM
SB4

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Routine Maintenance
DISCONNECT THE PLANER THICKNESSER
FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY.
Your machine requires minimum maintenance, but it is essential that it is carried
out to ensure the longevity and correct function of the machine.
Daily
Check the overhand tables and the thicknessing bed
are clean, not coated with resin etc. Apply a
proprietary cleaner/lubricating agent.
Check the cable and the plug for damage or defects.
Mount the planer fence and check it is set upright.
Check the dust extraction hood and ensure there are
no excessive build ups of sawdust/resin, especially in
the mouth of the chip deflector and around the
mouth of the extractor.
Check the blades for sharpness and damage.
Check the rollers of the thicknessing table rotate
freely, and there is no build up between the roller
and the extension plate.
Weekly
Carry out the above checks.
Clean the machine thoroughly, remove any shavings,
sawdust, chips etc, from in, under and around the
machine.
Check the cutter block for resin build up, especially
behind the blade and in the scallop of the
chipbreaker/wedge.
Raise the tables and brush out and clean any debris or
build up around the area of the noise attenuating slots
in the edges of the overhand tables.
Check the infeed and take off pressure rollers are not
clogged, clean as necessary.
Check the action of the anti-kickback fingers, again
clean and lubricate as required.
Monthly
Carry out the above checks. After cleaning apply a
little light oil to the bearing ends of the infeed, take off
and extension table rollers. (Refer to Fig 16,17)
Remove the rear machine cover plate, check the
condition and tension of the drive belt.
Check the autofeed engage and disengage function.
Check the condition of the drive chains, clean and
apply a light coating of oil to the chains and sprockets.
Apply a light oiling to all the bearing areas, taking care
not to get oil on the tyre surfaces. Replace the rear
machine cover plate.
Re-tightening table lock downs. (Refer to Fig 16)
If the table lock downs becomes ‘slack’ they can be
adjusted by altering the height of the table lock stud.
Hold the stud firmly and loosen the lock nut, adjust
the stud, lightly ‘pinch’ with the lock nut, try.
If correct, fully tighten the lock nut, if not, repeat the
process until the ‘lock down’ is correct.

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Routine Maintenance
Fig 16
Autofeed engage
and---- disengage
control
Drive chain
Bearing
Motor
Drive belt
Table position
studs
Table lock stud
Drive belt pulley
Motor pulley
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Routine Maintenance
Oil
Oil
Oil
Light coat of oil on
the chain
Oil Oil
Light coat of oil
on bearing
OIL POINTS
Fig 17

Parts List/Drawing 1
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