Jointer Issue I cant Figure out

shealyl · Post by **shealyl** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:09 am

Beleave it or not I just found someone on ebay parting out a jointer and selling the main table for $35 with free shipping. I just purchased it and will see if its rear measurements are satisfactory and if I can mount to my jointer, if not I think I will buy another jointer to solve this issue. I will let everyone know how it comes out.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:02 am

shealyl wrote:Beleave it or not I just found someone on ebay parting out a jointer and selling the main table for $35 with free shipping. I just purchased it and will see if its rear measurements are satisfactory and if I can mount to my jointer, if not I think I will buy another jointer to solve this issue. I will let everyone know how it comes out.

Realize that the jointer beds are surfaced as pairs assembled to insure flatness.

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:28 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Realize that the jointer beds are surfaced as pairs assembled to insure flatness.

Very true. I have picked up a few broken joiners and find that each joiner infeed and outfeed table surface was machined as a unit. I find some joiner tables are misaligned, not parallel surfaces, that have to be corrected. It appears the table surfaces sag and/or twist, perhaps from poor storage, over time. I was able to use brazing and/or shims to parallel align a few sets of joiner tables but thought the effort was excessive. My recent found machinist has been able to to surface machine from .005" to .020" from a set of misaligned tables for a reasonable price. It did not cause any problems with the fence alignment. Also this is a way to recover badly rusted joiner table surfaces.

I find many times, drilling bigger holes allows me to align various parts like the joiner fence mounting bar or table trunnions. I try to use a good flat, star and/or lock washer when possible to keep the part from moving.