Thread: Ezycut Combination Saw/Planer Manual HEEEEELP

I have had one for a few years now. I did look around but never seen a manual for them. That said they are fairly strait forward to work out. I had to change the bearings in the planer on my one but that was the only major item needing done.
Regards
John

How about changing the blade out? Do I have to remove the cast iron top?

Cheers
John

Hi John,
I've just had a quick look in the shed and have found some old manuals for the Ezycut, I'll scan and post them when I'm get to work.

Stephen

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John,
You don't have to remove the table to change the blades. First unplug the machine then take off the pork chop guard. Wind the infeed table down as far as it goes and wedge the drum with wood so you can unscrew the grub screws. I sharpen mine by hand on an oilstone but there are many ways it can be done.
Regards
John

John,

Please see attached manuals, hope these are of some use.
Regards
Stephen

I am very grateful for the from both you fellas, terrific effort

Cheers
John

Stephen, my unit is the small combination, has the 4" buzzer & about a 7" saw all on the one table.

John, You don't happen to have a manual do you?

Thanks
John

Hi John,
Sorry never seen a manual for them before today so thanks to Stephen for posting them.
From past discussions on here there are quite a number of Ezycut setups. The following thread shows mine plus another so is yours like either if them.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f153/ezycut-combination-76778
I use the jointer all the time but mostly use a sled on the saw for small work as the fence is a bit of a fiddle to set up. I cobbled it together as the past owner had cut the front end off the fence. Not sure the locking bar is original either. As I have another saw I have not bothered making a better fence.
I,ll be happy to try and answer any questions if you are stuck with anything.
For the sled I used 2 rails that slide on the outside edges of the table as the miter guage slot is small and shallow.
They are lovely old machines and I have become quite attached to mine.
Regards
John

John

Sorry for the late reply, been a bit crook the last few days. Yours is a bigger unit than I reckon, mine is the same as Noddybuns in your linked thread. I'm missing the chuck on mine, would be handy as I have to bore a heap of fence droppers. Ive got mine bulled down and in the cleaning process, 1 h.p. motor @ 2,850 rpm Its running a 7" blade at the moment, not sure if 1 h.p wpould handle bigger.

I like your unit looks to be in very good condition

John

Hi Gents,
I think i have a similar machine that I have inherited from my Grandfather. Its the 10 inch saw and 6 inch planer combo. I got around to getting the planer blades sharpened today and have two new belts to fit onto it after taking the two old ones down to be replaced. One question how the hell do I get the v belts back onto the machine? I never took them off as they they were already off when i got the machine. The bolts holding the motor on have no adjustment. I did try taking the motor off but I ended up bending some bolts and then couldn't get the holes to line up even with a decent Jimmy bar as leverage with the belts on. Do i have to remove the pulleys to get these belt on?? Could someone help a amateur out?? Cheers
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Originally Posted by Beneke

John,

Please see attached manuals, hope these are of some use.
Regards
Stephen

Hi Stephen. Anhydrous chance you could email me these files? I can't download them for some reason. Cheers James

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A follow-up on the Ezycut combo machines. Thanks to a forum member I received the manuals which were helpful in restoring these machines. The manuals are pretty basic and the machines could be restored without them quite easily.

I picked up a 4" jointer (buzzer) / 9" saw combo on the standard Ezycut base for the grand total of $100.

The first thing that struck me was how compact they had made it - to the point that the machines were cramped and a pain to use.

A previous owner had modified the saw motor mount and made a bit of a meal of it with the pulleys way out of alignment and the gravity tension setup not working very well either.

They also had some additional tables and accessories for a sanding disk - all of the unnecessary stuff was removed and is now in the scrap metal place.

I decided to make dedicated bases for each machine and re-purpose the original base for a spindle sander.
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The saw is now locked in horizontal table configuration so it stays accurate at 90deg. The trunion / adjustment setup is a bit lightweight and prone to being knocked out of adjustment. The base incorporates dust collection to my 4" system and a switch which I will swap out for a safety unit in the near future. It works well for small cross-cut sled jobs and is great for box making and other fiddly repeated cross cutting tasks. I have also configured my John Heitz finger joint jig for use on it - also works well.
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The jointer has had a full custom base with fixed infeed / outfeed tables adjusted for a fixed 1mm cut depth. Works well for the smaller stuff. I have made my own blades out of recycled 12" jointer blades to give a 120mm cut width - I'll never use the rebate function and this works better for me anyway. As anyone knows jointers make bulk chips so the 4" dust collection setup is mandatory.
Both bases were designed on Sketchup and work a treat.
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I restored the working surfaces with wet and dry under my random orbital sander then treated with a coat of the magical Silberglit - this stuff is like fairy dust - amazing stuff.

Let me know if you would like to see more pics or details.

Cheers, JK

Hi JK,
I like what you have done there. I had toyed with the idea of splitting up the combo but would have had to find another 1hp motor so it's still together. Like you I use the saw mostly for crosscutting with a sled. I would sometimes like a larger jointer but every time I look at the cost of a new one I just think I can get by a while longer with the one I've got. Think I'll ware out before it does. Anyhow good to see those old machines still going.
Regards
John