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Boy I lack confidence when it comes to alignments. I tried a couple of times to finish my alignment of the ss MK V 510. That is what I was up to when the sticky table tilt became an issue. I still have table alignment to do, but need to order a shim kit next time I make an order,

When I did the rip fence alignment I kept having to redo - probably 6 or 7 times. When I tried to lock down the new alignment the fence w0uld pull the out feed end of the fence more than a 1/16" to the left. I finally gave up and set the out feed end out of line well to the the right. When I locked this down, it pulled to the left as before, but ended up right where I needed it. not sure what I was fighting, but accepted it.

Today I did the Jointer Guard Upgrade. I got the upgrade kit several years ago (5 or 6 years maybe). It came with a fix to the kit, which was a washer with a bit clipped off at a bevel an a new step 22 for the instructions.

The instruction and the illustration did not include a part I had to use from the original guard assembly. This was a washer with a hexagon shaped hole. Without this part tightening new guard's nut draws the guard tight against the jointer's in-feed table. If this problem has been discussed, is no longer an issue, or is unique to me I won't open a workaround thread.

Thanks to all for pointing me to the solution. table tilt works great.
Sam

I am curious what sequence you performed with the rip fence alignment. The fence is 'adjusted' with the fence locked. Tricky part is getting the screws tight without the fence body moving in the front mount.

A couple of videos to help with fence alignment.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gXRyN1K4s[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puBVjCvqv8[/youtube]

If you use a dial indicator to help align the fence, observe how much the fence jumps upon tightening the bolts. Then compensate in the other direction by the amount of the jump. Your fence should then align where you want it.

Thanks for suggestions. My solution was was basically as algale suggests without the dial indicator to help. That is I visually over corrected and, luckily, got a good alignment. I have made about 40 20" rip cuts with no problems. With such short passes I have not really verified the alignment, but it is much better than it was (alignment from last owner).

saminmn wrote:Thanks for suggestions. My solution was was basically as algale suggests without the dial indicator to help. That is I visually over corrected and, luckily, got a good alignment. I have made about 40 20" rip cuts with no problems. With such short passes I have not really verified the alignment, but it is much better than it was (alignment from last owner).

Glad it worked!