# Doweler Instruction Procedures

<details id="bkmrk-powering-on-machine-"><summary>Powering on Machine</summary>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 349px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 349px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 349px;">**1. Turn switch located on the bottom left.**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">![IMAGE1.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image1.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 310.594px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 310.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 310.594px;">**2. Press “Control Power” button (*see image 2*)**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 310.594px;">![IMG_0012.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/img-0012.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 82.5938px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 100%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 82.5938px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 82.5938px;">**3. Enter Password "Weeke"**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 331.594px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 331.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 331.594px;">**4. Click “Production”**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 331.594px;">![Image 3.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-3.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 319.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 319.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 319.594px; width: 50%;">**5. Click “Automatic” icon located at the bottom of the screen**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 319.594px; width: 50%;">![Image 4.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-4.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 311.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 311.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 311.594px; width: 50%;">**6. Click “Start/Stop” icon located at the bottom of the screen**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 311.594px; width: 50%;">![Image 5.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-5.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p class="callout info">Have the employee run through the steps while your explaining to help better understand where exactly everything is.</p>

</details><details id="bkmrk-set-up-pathways-clic"><summary>Set up Pathways</summary>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 312.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 312.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 312.594px; width: 50%;">**1. Click Select icon located in the bottom toolbar**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 312.594px; width: 50%;">![Image 6.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-6.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 318.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 318.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 318.203px; width: 50%;">**2. Open path “HMI\_DATA(D:)”**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 318.203px; width: 50%;">![Image 7.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-7.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 273.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 273.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 273.594px; width: 50%;">**3. **Open folder “ww4”****</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 273.594px; width: 50%;">![Image 8.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-8.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 304.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 304.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 304.594px; width: 50%;">**4. Open folder “a1”**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 304.594px; width: 50%;">[![Image 9.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-9.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-9.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 296.328px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 296.328px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 296.328px; width: 50%;">**5. Open folder “mp4”**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 296.328px; width: 50%;">[![Image 10.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-10.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-10.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 367.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 367.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 367.594px; width: 28.9744%;">**6. Select “37mm front dowel folder” and/or “small lock dowel drawer folder”**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 367.594px; display: flex; grid-row: revert;">![Image 11.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-11.jpg)![Image 12.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-12.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 51.5938px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 51.5938px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 51.5938px; width: 100%;">**7. Dowel parts will have dowels in all drilled holes**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 50.5938px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 50.5938px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 50.5938px; width: 97.9487%;">**8. Standard parts will have a dowel in the front drilled hole and all other holes will be pre-drilled for screws**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 50.5938px; width: 2.05128%;">  
</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 312.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 312.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 312.594px; width: 50%;">**9. Find the file that matches the part label**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 312.594px; width: 50%;">![Image 13.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-13.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 52.5938px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 52.5938px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 52.5938px; width: 100%;">**10. Open file by double clicking**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 49.5938px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 49.5938px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 49.5938px; width: 100%;">**11. Verify the file opened matches the production label on the production part**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p class="callout info">Be sure to show the employee were to find the information that will be needed to ensure the right file is selected and if other steps are needed.</p>

</details><details id="bkmrk-running-parts-throug"><summary>Running parts through Doweler</summary>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 31.7969px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 31.7969px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 31.7969px; width: 100%;">**1. Match file selected with part label**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 24.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 24.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 24.594px; width: 100%;">**2. Adjust clamps if needed**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 180.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 180.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 180.594px; width: 50%;">**3. Place the front edge of the part against the fence with the cabinet interior up**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 180.594px; width: 50%;">**[![Image 14.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-14.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-14.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 267.328px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 267.328px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 267.328px; width: 50%;">**4. Push part forward slowly till it stops**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 267.328px; width: 50%;">[![Image 15.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-15.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-15.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;">**5. Step on the foot petal according to the side you are on**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 16.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-16.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-16.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 23.594px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 23.594px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 23.594px; width: 100%;">**6. Repeat till work cart is complete**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 10px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 10px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 10px; width: 100%;">**7. When the cart is complete take it to the next department. Wood finish parts without dowels to go to the paint bay**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p class="callout info">Explain to the employee that it is very important for to verify the label on every part ensuring the right file is selected before running each part. If part is a face 6, that part need to go through the BHX first.</p>

</details><details id="bkmrk-end-of-day-power-dow"><summary>End of Day Power Down</summary>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 16.188px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 16.188px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 16.188px; width: 100%;">**1. Use the air compressor to blow off the outside for the machine only. (do not use compressor under the hood)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;"> **2. Click the “Back” icon located on the bottom right hand of the computer screen**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 17.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-17.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-17.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;">**3. Click “MDR” icon**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 18.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-18.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-18.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;">**4. Click the oil can and gear icon**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 19.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-19.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-19.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;">**5. Check the maintenance report for any weekly maintenance needed**

<p class="callout warning">**(check with supervisor before doing any maintenance)**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 20.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-20.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-20.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 327.203px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 327.203px; width: 53.0769%;">**6. If maintenance is required and/or completed click the windows icon at the lower left of the computer screen**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 327.203px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 20.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-20.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-20.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 13.188px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 13.188px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 13.188px; width: 100%;">**7. Click “Shutdown” and wait for the computer to power off**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table border="1" class="align-center" style="width: 100%; border-width: 0px; height: 288.328px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 288.328px;"><td class="align-left" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 288.328px; width: 53.0769%;">**8. Turn power switch off (*see image 22*)**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 288.328px; width: 46.9231%;">[![Image 22.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/image-22.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/image-22.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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