A VENEER PEELING KNIFE AND A METHOD OF FIXING A KNIFE ADJUSTING BOLT OF SAID VENEER PEELING KNIFE

摘要

A method of fixing an adjusting bolt of a veneer peeling knife for a veneer lathe is disclosed. Before the fixing, the knife is adjusted by turning the adjusted bolt which is received in a threaded hole formed in the bottom of the knife so as to place the cutting edge of the knife at a desired height with respect to the head of the adjusting bolt. Fixing of the adjusting bolt is accomplished by forcing by fixing means the adjusting bolt in such a direction that the upwardly facing flank of the external thread of the adjusting bolt is brought into contact with the downwardly facing flank of the internal thread of the adjusting bolt receiving threaded hole and then pressing the fixing means by pressing means in such a direction that keeps the contact between the above two flanks.