Patent ID: 6585017
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B23Q,B27C

Abstract:
A predetermined stop mechanism for use with a thickness planer, the thickness planer having a base and a carriage with a cutting head, the carriage being displaceable from said base at a defined distance by at least two support columns, the workpiece passing between a work area on the base and the cutting head on the carriage to remove a layer of a workpiece, the predetermined stop mechanism comprising:a step block having a first step at a first height and a second step having a second height, the step block being linearly, moveably attached to the base; and a step rod attached to the carriage, the step rod contacting the first step to set the carriage at a first predefined distance above the base, the step rod contacting the second step to set the carriage at a second predefined distance above the base.