# Wide Belt Sander Instruction Procedure

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**Purpose**</span>

To take a rough board to a fine finish thus shortening hand sanding time

<details id="bkmrk-starting-machine-1.-"><summary>Starting 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. Press the left white button**

<p class="callout warning">**Wait for the gage to reset**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 1.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/9etimage-1.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/9etimage-1.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<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;">**2. Press the middle white button**

<p class="callout warning">**Wait for the gage to reset**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 2.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/BLMimage-2.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/BLMimage-2.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<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;">**3. Press the right white button**

<p class="callout warning">**Wait for gage to reset**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 3.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/S0Gimage-3.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/S0Gimage-3.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p class="callout info">**Explain to the employee why it is imported to wait for the gages to reset before continuing**</p>

</details><details id="bkmrk-setting-up-machine-1"><summary>Setting Up Machine</summary>

**1. Use micrometer to see the boards thickness in decimals**

<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;">**2. Move the toggle switch up or down to set thickness**

<p class="callout warning">**Do not exceed more than .02 per pass. For example if the board's thickness is .80 then set the machine to .78. Use the conversion table to help**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 4.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/pnLimage-4.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/pnLimage-4.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<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;">**3. Move the toggle switch to the right to start the conveyor** </td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 5.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/z1uimage-5.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/z1uimage-5.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<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;">**4. Place boards through the conveyor staggered in a slight angle**

<p class="callout warning">**Do not pass anything less than 16 inches through the wide belt sander**</p>

</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 6.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/RS2image-6.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/RS2image-6.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

</details><details id="bkmrk-powering-off-machine"><summary>Powering off 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. Press the left red button to power off the machine**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 7.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/qRPimage-7.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/qRPimage-7.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

<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;">**2. Move the toggle switch to the left to power off the conveyor**</td><td style="border-width: 0px; height: 349px;">**[![Image 8.jpg](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/COvimage-8.jpg)](http://help.homesteadcabinet.net/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/COvimage-8.jpg)**</td></tr></tbody></table>

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