Jointer

[ERLover]

John, If I am looking at them right they are like that guy from horse country, warped. When stacked there warpness/offset tension act as a spring?!

[WildHorseHans]

This may be a two fold problem. I just went out to check the runners and while the tables were apart I turned the depth knob. It is very stiff like the threads are dirty. Looks like I need to run a tap through the knob to chase the threads. We'll see if that helps

[dusty]

John, If I am looking at them right they are like that guy from horse country, warped. When stacked there warpness/offset tension act as a spring?!

Pictures Please

[Bruce]

I checked my jointer and it would not go past about 3/16. That's enough for my purposes since I've never cut rabbets with my jointer. But I couldn't just leave it in that condition. I disassembled it to check the machined runners for gunk. As the photo shows they weren't gunky, but one of them looks kind of chewed up. A bad casting job perhaps. I ran a flat file along the edges of the raised flats on the right side then waxed the runners and reassembled the jointer. I tightened the nut just until any play was removed from the indeed table. It will now move through the whole range, although it does get a little hard to move past 1/4". Dusty, those stacks of washers are alternating flat and compression washers.
Edit: I'll have to resize the photo and upload it later.

Thank you. I gathered that from the parts list. I need to do some research into "compression washers". To me, they just appeared to be washers of a different size and color than the others. They obviously are more than that.

That's what I called them because I don't know what they are really called. They are a kind of lock washer, but not a split washer.

[Bruce]

Here is the photo I promised in my earlier post in this thread.

[jsburger]

I checked my jointer and it would not go past about 3/16. That's enough for my purposes since I've never cut rabbets with my jointer. But I couldn't just leave it in that condition. I disassembled it to check the machined runners for gunk. As the photo shows they weren't gunky, but one of them looks kind of chewed up. A bad casting job perhaps. I ran a flat file along the edges of the raised flats on the right side then waxed the runners and reassembled the jointer. I tightened the nut just until any play was removed from the indeed table. It will now move through the whole range, although it does get a little hard to move past 1/4". Dusty, those stacks of washers are alternating flat and compression washers.
Edit: I'll have to resize the photo and upload it later.

Thank you. I gathered that from the parts list. I need to do some research into "compression washers". To me, they just appeared to be washers of a different size and color than the others. They obviously are more than that.

That's what I called them because I don't know what they are really called. They are a kind of lock washer, but not a split washer.

Not really. "Spring washers" are used to keep the proper tension between two mating parts, ie. the sliding ways on the SS jointer. A lock washer (split, star etc.) is used to keep a fastener from coming loose due to vibration or other forces.

[Bruce]

Not really. "Spring washers" are used to keep the proper tension between two mating parts, ie. the sliding ways on the SS jointer. A lock washer (split, star etc.) is used to keep a fastener from coming loose due to vibration or other forces.

Thanks for the clarification. I'm not an engineer, so it's nice having a few on the forum to keep us all informed.