Adam Levitt
04-18-2017, 3:19 AM
I recently upgraded my Hammer A3-31 with straight blades to a Felder AD 531 with a spiral cutter head. The spiral cutter head is amazing, but may not be the best for my ongoing grain reading education. (no tear out)
In any case, one of my issues with the Hammer was the fact the the jointer fence would not stay at 90 for edge jointing operations. I hoped that this would be rectified with the Felder J/P, but this is not the case. I'm thinking there may be some operator issues here, but would like to hear from your experiences. Currently I check and adjust the fence before moving to edge jointing. Once I set this it usually does not go out of alignment for a few passes.
Is it operator error? Fact of life with this machine?
In any case, one of my issues with the Hammer was the fact the the jointer fence would not stay at 90 for edge jointing operations. I hoped that this would be rectified with the Felder J/P, but this is not the case. I'm thinking there may be some operator issues here, but would like to hear from your experiences. Currently I check and adjust the fence before moving to edge jointing. Once I set this it usually does not go out of alignment for a few passes.
Is it operator error? Fact of life with this machine?