Lets see the big boy jointers!

[Mike Heidrick]

I ordered a DJ30.
I am feeling the need to see some big ships.
Post pics of the aircraft carriers in your life.
Bonus points for pics of DJ30s with a mobile base!!
How do you assemble these machines and even get them on the base??

[lou sansone]

here is my jointer

22" tables with a 16" head

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=18645

sort of tough on a moble base though


lou

[Bill Simmeth]

My jointer is almost a dead ringer for Lou's...

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It's also 16" width. Read more about it here: http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=2569

Given it's weight, it doesn't get moved much. If it does, this is the mobile base:
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Isn't the DJ30 12 inches?

[Mike Heidrick]

Yep - just 12". 800+ lbs. Will be the largest tool in the shop for me next to the Deere.

[Bill Simmeth]

How do you assemble these machines and even get them on the base??

Mike, since it's only 800 lbs ;) , the loader on your lawn tractor should handle that. Use lifting straps under and up from the machine's base then chain to the bucket. Do not lift from the tables.

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Looking at that picture, I'm thinking it's going to come to you in two main pieces -- the base cabinet and the actual machine (everything above the "DELTA DJ-30" label in the picture. Put the cabinet on the mobile base. You might be able to just do that manually with a helper. Then lift the machine using the tractor with the lifting straps placed toward the outside of the base (the area that overhangs the cabinet). Should be straight forward.

Oh, and congrats!

[Roy Wall]

Kind of a cheat..........not old arn....but it's all the aircraft carrier I've got...

14" J/P combo..... 72" long......800 lbs

[Steve Milito]

Mike, since it's only 800 lbs ;) , the loader on your lawn tractor should handle that. Use lifting straps under and up from the machine's base then chain to the bucket. Do not lift from the tables.

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Looking at that picture, I'm thinking it's going to come to you in two main pieces -- the base cabinet and the actual machine (everything above the "DELTA DJ-30" label in the picture. Put the cabinet on the mobile base. You might be able to just do that manually with a helper. Then lift the machine using the tractor with the lifting straps placed toward the outside of the base (the area that overhangs the cabinet). Should be straight forward.

Oh, and congrats!

If you look at the manual, the unit comes in one piece. They tell you to use staps or forks under the table brackets. Pretty much the same procedure as the Griz. I could not fine a base for mine, is there one for the delta? I was thinking of mounting mine on 4x4 blocks bolted though the holes used to attach the unit to the skid, then I could at least move the unit with a pallet jack.
Congrats on the buy, you got a deal.

[Joel Ficke]

Here's one I picked up late last fall. Waiting for some warm weather to get it cleaned up and installed. 21" spiral head jointer -- a real monster.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/jficke/Shop/jointer.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/jficke/Shop/jointer_head.jpg

[David G Baker]

Here's one I picked up late last fall. Waiting for some warm weather to get it cleaned up and installed. 21" spiral head jointer -- a real monster.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/jficke/Shop/jointer.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n113/jficke/Shop/jointer_head.jpg
Joel,
It looks like you can actually land aircraft on the table. That is one big momma!
David B

[Pete Brown]

Here's one I picked up late last fall. Waiting for some warm weather to get it cleaned up and installed. 21" spiral head jointer -- a real monster.


21"? Holy cow that's huge! I too would like a jointer that could flatten a door ;)

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/aircraft-carrier-35.jpg

[Steve Milito]

21"? Holy cow that's huge! I too would like a jointer that could flatten a door ;)



There is a 24" Oliver 166 available on Ebay! :eek:

[Mike Heidrick]

OH YES!!!! there is a base for the Delta DJ30 and it is only........$30!!!!!!
HTC clearence sold me the model HDJ30 base for $30 plus $9 shipping.

I hope this works with all of your jointers that need one!!!!
Go to HTC and click HTC closeouts. They should have that HDJ30 base in stock still.


Here is the HDJ30 mounted on a buddy from woodnets DJ30!!!
http://www.avawava.com/DJ30b.jpg
http://www.avawava.com/DJ30a.jpg

[Ted Miller]

Not massive but I love the width and the 83 1/2" deck. Oh forgot, 920 lbs...

[Mike Heidrick]

Not massive but I love the width and the 83 1/2" deck. Oh forgot, 920 lbs...

Looks pretty D@mn massive too me!!!

[Ted Miller]

Mike, I could not find a mobil base for the York, since it is only 15" wide and 44" long at the base, so I made my own from the corners of a Shop Fox, then I upgraded casters at 325 lbs each and welded some steel in place. Its mobil now and I raised it only 1 1/4" off the floor...

[Scott Banbury]

My American 12"--I'm looking for a 24" :D

http://www.scottbanbury.com/americans01.jpg

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

This is mine
at 12" it's not an aircraft carrier but I really like it

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[Adam Grills]

His name is Harry (Dirty Harry). He is ? yrs old. Weighs approx 1000lbs I underestimated it when I first got it. 2 knife cutter head. He is now powered by a brand new 5hp 1ph Baldor. In the process of building a dust box. 59229

[Charles McKinley]

It is a Crescent 16", approx 1300 pounds, 1750 rpm 2hp motor, round 4 knife head, 40" infeed and out feed tables, and cast iron fence. I really need to make a guard for it.

[Mike Palmer]

J/P - Casadei FS51 - 20 Inches of jointing and planing. approx. 2000lbs. I move it with a pallet jack.

[Rob Will]

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My American 12"--I'm looking for a 24" :D

http://www.scottbanbury.com/americans01.jpg

Hey Scott, you mean like this one? (American 24", 4 knife, 7.5hp 3ph direct drive). Great old machines.

Rob

[Jeff Wright]

The jointer table on my MM 410 Elite. It's about 16" with four tersa blades. Entire machine weighs in at about 2000 pounds. Blades can be changed (and aligned) in about one minute for each of the four blades. Blades are double-sided for more economical wear. Powered by a 4.8HP single-phase motor. Table is a parallelogram design.

[Dave Bureau]

Hey Chuck:
I'm just finishing up a resto on a 16" crescent like yours. just finished the babbitt bearings and installed new knives. just need to adjust the tables and im ready to rock. Do you have a photo of the original guard?
Dave

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Dave,

Unfortunately I do not have a pic. There was someone recently selling a Cresent that had a portchop on it that looked like they made it but I have't contacted them yet. I have seen pict of the original but I don't want to go that route. i was also considering miking a European style gaurd like on the MM combo machines.

[Reg Mitchell]

12" 300 Porter and it is unusual becaues it has a 4 knife cutterhead . One sweet jointer
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/male_man/myrtelwoodtbltop114.jpg
Reg
still trying to get everything together oh...and my mobil base is a dead ringer for Bills :D

[lou sansone]

love that american 24" with the 4 knife head..

lou