JohnMorgan of Lititz
01-10-2009, 11:02 AM
Hi folks,
Just got my new 490x setup this past week and had orginally posted that I thought my fence had a slight twist in it. After a bit closer inspection last night before running out to dinner w/ the wife, I realized I had not properly checked parallel on the tables w/ the cutterhead.
A quick and dirty check w/ my incra square is proving the infeed table to be slightly off w/ TDC of the blade. I didn't measure exactly how much, but against the fence, the straightedge just touches the TDC of the blade, along the opposite side of the bed, it doesn't touch the cutter at all. So, inotherwords, when you are standing at the maching in the "working" stance, that side of the infeed table is slightly higher.
How much messing around is it to get this gap closed? The book says it could take up to an hour to adjust parallel. Is it difficult to do? Part of me is concerned i will make it worse.
This is my first jointer, btw, so maybe I'm a bit more apprehensive than necessary.
Just got my new 490x setup this past week and had orginally posted that I thought my fence had a slight twist in it. After a bit closer inspection last night before running out to dinner w/ the wife, I realized I had not properly checked parallel on the tables w/ the cutterhead.
A quick and dirty check w/ my incra square is proving the infeed table to be slightly off w/ TDC of the blade. I didn't measure exactly how much, but against the fence, the straightedge just touches the TDC of the blade, along the opposite side of the bed, it doesn't touch the cutter at all. So, inotherwords, when you are standing at the maching in the "working" stance, that side of the infeed table is slightly higher.
How much messing around is it to get this gap closed? The book says it could take up to an hour to adjust parallel. Is it difficult to do? Part of me is concerned i will make it worse.
This is my first jointer, btw, so maybe I'm a bit more apprehensive than necessary.