Mark Furjanic
07-14-2013, 8:29 PM
I got my Jointer on Thursday and spent some time this weekend getting it put together and getting the cosmolene off of it, they don't spare the gunk that's for sure. When I went to test run it nothing at all happened and after a couple hours of cleaning it was a little disappointing. I grabbed my meter and started checking everything and it turned out the power wire to the stop switch was disconnected. Once attached everything hummed smoothy and there's no visible damage to the machine. I still have to check the tables, I already saw that the outfeed table is a little low but my question is about the fence and the fence carriage.
When I installed the fence carriage I let it settle on the bolts that hold it on. The fence has a lug on the bottom of it that sits directly on the outfeed table with things installed this way. I'll admit I don't know any better but this seems less that ideal. Should I raise everything up so there's a little bit of a gap under the fence when everything's tightened down and rely on the fence carriage bolts to keep the carriage from sliding down in time?
When I installed the fence carriage I let it settle on the bolts that hold it on. The fence has a lug on the bottom of it that sits directly on the outfeed table with things installed this way. I'll admit I don't know any better but this seems less that ideal. Should I raise everything up so there's a little bit of a gap under the fence when everything's tightened down and rely on the fence carriage bolts to keep the carriage from sliding down in time?