Hammer A3-31 table adjustment documentation

[Cliff Polubinsky]

Does anyone have any fairly recent documentation on adjusting the jointer tables of a Hammer a3-31 detailing the steps in order? The only thing I have is one from 2014 that describes the general process without a lot of detail. I checked with Hammer tech support and they directed me to a YouTube video made by a Hammer customer and some basic diy videos on their website. The customer video is nice but doesn't detail specific steps. I may not be looking in the right places but I can't find any technical support documents on the website. I don't understand the lack of support documentation.

Anything you might have would be appreciated.

Cliff

[Kurt Wyberanec]

I believe the links can be found somewhere on their site... they had forwarded it to me but I don't know what I did with it.

[Edwin Santos]

Do you have a specific problem you're trying to resolve i.e. open joint, splayed joint, tapered cut, tables not co-planar?

[Steve Wurster]

This page from Rob Porcaro has some information that might be helpful: https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2014/12/31/jointer-parallelism/

[Cliff Polubinsky]

Do you have a specific problem you're trying to resolve i.e. open joint, splayed joint, tapered cut, tables not co-planar?

Edwin.

Started noticing tapered cuts. The machine's 8 years old so not surprising it could use a tune up. Figured it was a good time to rotate the inserts while I was at it, which went well. If the first edge went 8 years the inserts will probably outlast me.

Three kind gentlemen have sent what documentation they had and I've been able get the tables set today. Dialing in the outfeed table height is taking a bit. My old Ridgid jointer had wheel adjustments and was a lot easier to set. Hammer's method using a wrench is a lot courser/crude. Hopefully I'll be able to dial it in tomorrow.

Cliff

[William Rae]

I had a similar problem with my AC-41. It turned out that the blades were worn out. This made me think the tables were out of coplanar. See my recent post in the thread -
Hammer A3-41 Brand New - Infeed Not Flat.

[George Yetka]

I had an issue with feeding it would jam up. It made me think the infeed roller was off but it ended up being my planer table wasnt lubricated enough. Call your felder dealer and start a service ticket, they will walk you through it.

[Cliff Polubinsky]

Sorry for taking so long to update. Had a lot of things going on over the weekend.

Machine is all dialed in and is jointing beautifully. Discovered I need to be more diligent with moving the fence when edge jointing. There was enough wear to measure the difference between the inserts at the far right and the middle.

Again, thanks to all who sent documents and your offers of help.

Cliff

[Rod Sheridan]

Sorry for taking so long to update. Had a lot of things going on over the weekend.

Machine is all dialed in and is jointing beautifully. Discovered I need to be more diligent with moving the fence when edge jointing. There was enough wear to measure the difference between the inserts at the far right and the middle.

Again, thanks to all who sent documents and your offers of help.

Cliff

Glad to hear that you sorted it out…..Regards, Rod