Mark Rios
01-02-2007, 4:03 PM
I finally got my new G0593 jointer put together and set up. 54140
The fit and finish are very nice, save some minor scratches on the table from the fence. They were there out of the box. I"m not sure how or why they got there but the scratches won't affect the performance any. The tables are as flat as I can measure using a certified (to within .0002" {2 ten thou} per foot), steel 3' straightedge and a .0015 (my thinnest) feeler gauge. Flat, flat, flat and there is no twist between the two tables as well. Very nice.
However, two things did come up. One, when I checked the alignment of the spiral cutterhead to the outfeed table, I found some of the cutters barely touch the straightedge and some don't. Does anyone know if there is an adjustment on a spiral cutterhead for this? Or does this condition warrant an adjustment on a spiral cutterhead.
The other thing that came up was when I laid my straightedge on the tables, centered over the cutterhead, parallel with the length of the tables. The outfeed table seems to slope away from the cutterhead. Where as I can't fit my .0015 feeler gauge under my steel straightedge when laying on a single table, it will just barely, barely fit under the far left end (over the outfeed table); It will fit but it is very tight. Is this small of a slope an amount to be concerned about? Or is it within tolerances? If it is of a concern, how is this adjusted?
Thanks for looking and reading and for any thoughts, opinions and suggestions.
The fit and finish are very nice, save some minor scratches on the table from the fence. They were there out of the box. I"m not sure how or why they got there but the scratches won't affect the performance any. The tables are as flat as I can measure using a certified (to within .0002" {2 ten thou} per foot), steel 3' straightedge and a .0015 (my thinnest) feeler gauge. Flat, flat, flat and there is no twist between the two tables as well. Very nice.
However, two things did come up. One, when I checked the alignment of the spiral cutterhead to the outfeed table, I found some of the cutters barely touch the straightedge and some don't. Does anyone know if there is an adjustment on a spiral cutterhead for this? Or does this condition warrant an adjustment on a spiral cutterhead.
The other thing that came up was when I laid my straightedge on the tables, centered over the cutterhead, parallel with the length of the tables. The outfeed table seems to slope away from the cutterhead. Where as I can't fit my .0015 feeler gauge under my steel straightedge when laying on a single table, it will just barely, barely fit under the far left end (over the outfeed table); It will fit but it is very tight. Is this small of a slope an amount to be concerned about? Or is it within tolerances? If it is of a concern, how is this adjusted?
Thanks for looking and reading and for any thoughts, opinions and suggestions.