Tom LaRussa
09-30-2004, 1:42 PM
Okay, this is not nearly as impressive as the jointer that Tom Prondzinski is restoring -- http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=12468 -- but my "project" jointer needs even more TLC.
First, here's a pic of my working jointer, a cute little Delta/Rockwell that I bought off ebay for $87.50.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j01.jpg
Next up is my "new" jointer -- well, new to me anyhow -- which is a 6" Davis & Wells that was probably built some time prior to WWII.
I paid only $12.50 for this one.
Okay, the catch is that the guy who had it before me dropped it off his pickup truck onto his concrete driveway.
To keep you in suspense a tiny bit longer, here are a couple pics of the working parts of this 400+ lb beast.
Lovely, isn't it? (Okay, so it's got a bit of rust here and there. SHEESH! You folks can be SOOO picky! :D )
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j05.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j06.jpg
Okay, so what happens when a large, not very moveable iron object impacts a an imoveable concrete driveway while accelerating at 9.8m/sec(2)?
You know how they say that cast iron is not real flexible?
Well, "they" ain't kidding!
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j03.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j04.jpg
Luckily though, there are few physical objects which cannot
be fixed -- or at least greatly improved -- using either duct
tape or epoxy. (The present case calls for a very strong
version of the latter.)
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j08.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j09.jpg
As you can see, I filled the big hole in the infeed table by expoxying together the four main shards that broke off in that region, then sanding it down.
The fence mechanism looks like it will be a tougher job though, and I may just give up and bolt the fence down onto the infeed table at 90 degrees. I don't joint things at an angle very often, and if I need to I can always do it the old fashioned way.
First, here's a pic of my working jointer, a cute little Delta/Rockwell that I bought off ebay for $87.50.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j01.jpg
Next up is my "new" jointer -- well, new to me anyhow -- which is a 6" Davis & Wells that was probably built some time prior to WWII.
I paid only $12.50 for this one.
Okay, the catch is that the guy who had it before me dropped it off his pickup truck onto his concrete driveway.
To keep you in suspense a tiny bit longer, here are a couple pics of the working parts of this 400+ lb beast.
Lovely, isn't it? (Okay, so it's got a bit of rust here and there. SHEESH! You folks can be SOOO picky! :D )
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j05.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j06.jpg
Okay, so what happens when a large, not very moveable iron object impacts a an imoveable concrete driveway while accelerating at 9.8m/sec(2)?
You know how they say that cast iron is not real flexible?
Well, "they" ain't kidding!
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j03.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j04.jpg
Luckily though, there are few physical objects which cannot
be fixed -- or at least greatly improved -- using either duct
tape or epoxy. (The present case calls for a very strong
version of the latter.)
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j08.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomlarussa/j09.jpg
As you can see, I filled the big hole in the infeed table by expoxying together the four main shards that broke off in that region, then sanding it down.
The fence mechanism looks like it will be a tougher job though, and I may just give up and bolt the fence down onto the infeed table at 90 degrees. I don't joint things at an angle very often, and if I need to I can always do it the old fashioned way.