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Jointer Quadrant Assembly 502651 - $38.32

This was maybe the best repair expenditure I have made in a long time. I have put this off believing that the small amount of distortion in shape just could not cause a problem. I was really wrong.

The fence now sits like it should on the table, is easy to unlock and move and then repositions itself exactly like it should.

I think, as I have been told here on the forum, that my problem was caused by cranking down too hard on the fence lock mechanism.

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I sure hope the new one holds up. The new one is not as heavy as the the original one.

I had replaced mine years ago when I was having trouble getting good joints. I tried everything that Shopsmith had told me to do without much success. Then I noticed a problem with the quadrant and replaced it. Voila! It was a successful cure to my problem. Good luck with replacing yours.

dusty wrote:I think, as I have been told here on the forum, that my problem was caused by cranking down too hard on the fence lock mechanism.

I suspect that my son got a little tired of listening to me telling him back when I got my new 510 back in 1988 that Godzilla was not a woodworker... I kept telling him to tighten the locks tight enough to hold but don't crank down on them.

Me too, Dusty! For me, it was a hard lesson to learn that overtightening is very easy to do!:eek: The replacement seems to be holding up nicely. Have had it for about 5 years.