Horizontal Panel Machine Tips
Ray A. Kordecki

The automatic horizontal panel machine is today's 'State of the Art' Tool for dime- sional cutting. To maintain this extrador- inary productivity, the fabricator must follow these simple but vital rules.

1. Follow the machine manufacturers guide for routine machine maintenance.

2. Make certain the outboard table, which recie- ves the cut board, is set slightly lower than the table holding the board waiting to be cut.

3. Make certain your blades are aligned to avoid skewing. A guide for testing and correction of Skew is available from Saw & Specialty and General Saw Corporation.

4. When installing a new set of blades, take the necessary time to carefully adjust the scoring saw to cut about 3/64" deep into the underside of the board surface, and then center the scorer with respect to the main blade.

5. Do not allow thw blades to become excessively dull.

6. Always use a qualified service shop

7. Buy from manufacturers with a proven track record!