Danny Thompson
03-02-2009, 9:53 AM
Will a chip in the mouth of a power jointer on the infeed table side make a difference?
I picked up a used 8" Grizzly G0500 yesterday that has zero wear but a little tear. The original owner had bought it along with some other Grizzly items, but never finished putting it together. In a series of moves he had lost the pork chop and the handwheels. He had never even attached a cord.
We plugged it in and everything seemed to run well. No rust. So I bought it ($300 with a mobile stand).
The only real problems I found were two chips:
- One on the bottom edge of the fence, an inch or so past the cutterhead.
- The other on the mouth end of the infeed table, maybe 1/2" across the rim and 1/16" deep.
I don't think the fence chip will make a difference. What about the mouth chip? Does it need to be repaired? Do I have to replace the infeed table?
I picked up a used 8" Grizzly G0500 yesterday that has zero wear but a little tear. The original owner had bought it along with some other Grizzly items, but never finished putting it together. In a series of moves he had lost the pork chop and the handwheels. He had never even attached a cord.
We plugged it in and everything seemed to run well. No rust. So I bought it ($300 with a mobile stand).
The only real problems I found were two chips:
- One on the bottom edge of the fence, an inch or so past the cutterhead.
- The other on the mouth end of the infeed table, maybe 1/2" across the rim and 1/16" deep.
I don't think the fence chip will make a difference. What about the mouth chip? Does it need to be repaired? Do I have to replace the infeed table?