View Full Version : Bad Vibrations - FIXED! UPDATE!
Aaron Hamilton
06-09-2007, 1:05 AM
I posted earlier about some really bad vibrations (my new Shop Fox W1741 8" jointer was walking across the shop floor when running). I thought for sure I was in for a huge undertaking to fix the problem....out of round pulleys, poorly mounted cutterhead....I expected the worst.
What was it? A poorly manufactured belt. Fixed it less than 5 minutes.
Running smooth as silk - even passes the nickel test.
Thanks for all the advice - I'm glad I didn't have to use it!
Brian Clevenger
06-09-2007, 2:58 AM
Aaron, glad the jointer is now in order.
BTW, Alum class of 2K.
Orange.......Power.......
Aaron Hamilton
06-09-2007, 9:22 AM
Good to see some fellow Okies around. Seems that there are alot of people on here w/ some sort of connection to O State.
Don Bullock
06-09-2007, 9:40 AM
It's amazinf sometimes how something so simple can cause us such problems. It's nice to hear about your "solution" and I'm glad it wasn't serious.
Cliff Rohrabacher
06-09-2007, 9:40 AM
I had a suspicion it was the belt or pulley.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=598890#poststop
Ben Grunow
06-09-2007, 1:54 PM
A friend gave me his PM 56 jointer and it did the same thing. He said he hadnt used it in a long time. I took the belt off and it was not soft anymore.... it had hard bends where the pulleys were for so long. A new belt and problem solved. Wish I had read this before trying to figure it out on my own.
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