Rick Gifford
11-27-2007, 10:02 PM
SLAP:BANG! everytime it started. Looked through the forums and read that tightening the belt will help, preventing it from slapping the belt cover.
I stood behind the jointer and started it, sure enough the noise was from the belt cover.
Geez, and I thought I got that belt tight when I did the original adjustments and alignment.
Now to get that thing tight proper.
The motor is mounted to two, over and under, horizontal cross bars with slots. Move the motor along these slots for alignment of pullies. These cross bars are mounted to two vertical rungs, slotted for adjustments.
So whats the hassle? Loosen at the vertical points and the motor rear end, being the heaviest drops. The shaft end with the pully only drops so far due to the belt holding it up. Now reaching back in there and lifting back up on that motor is a major pain! Have to use a peice of wood to wedge off the floor and hammer back to drive the rear end of the motor back up to horizontal. Like driving a wall stud into place at an angle.
I look this over, amd I doing this wrong I think to myself... no, only so much you can do.
Push down on the pully end to get tension on that belt. Can't push down enough with just one arm keeping the other free with wrench to tighten. Don't have any help, so this has to be done as a one man job.
Improvise. Thats the answer!
Cut a peice of 2X4 to fit across the bottom casing lip. This will give me a place for one end of the clamp to work off of. The other end will work on one of the horizontal bars. But theres not enough clearance under the 2X4 for full operation of the clamps.
Fine.
Lift each end of the jointer up onto scrap lumber about 4" off the floor. I have now created a jointer lift :rolleyes:
Clamp does great! Got that belt just right. But I had to cut a new peice of wood to wedge the motors rear end up to horizontal again (other peice wont work with the new "jointer lift" in place).
Have to hammer that bastard in place to drive the heavy motor end back up. Got it. Looks great. Level agrees. Belt perfect. Alignment dead on.
Stripped a bolt.
@*$@#*&^&&*@!!!!
What crappy bolts. Dear Lord you'd think putting good bolts at this location wouldn't be that much trouble!
Off to the borg. Return with stainless bolts and nuts. These will hold!
Finish the job and the jointer starts and runs smooth.
Haven't done the nickle test yet.
Moral of the story? Get help. If you do this solo plan to improvise.
And put good bolts on down there. Stock are junk. :rolleyes:
I stood behind the jointer and started it, sure enough the noise was from the belt cover.
Geez, and I thought I got that belt tight when I did the original adjustments and alignment.
Now to get that thing tight proper.
The motor is mounted to two, over and under, horizontal cross bars with slots. Move the motor along these slots for alignment of pullies. These cross bars are mounted to two vertical rungs, slotted for adjustments.
So whats the hassle? Loosen at the vertical points and the motor rear end, being the heaviest drops. The shaft end with the pully only drops so far due to the belt holding it up. Now reaching back in there and lifting back up on that motor is a major pain! Have to use a peice of wood to wedge off the floor and hammer back to drive the rear end of the motor back up to horizontal. Like driving a wall stud into place at an angle.
I look this over, amd I doing this wrong I think to myself... no, only so much you can do.
Push down on the pully end to get tension on that belt. Can't push down enough with just one arm keeping the other free with wrench to tighten. Don't have any help, so this has to be done as a one man job.
Improvise. Thats the answer!
Cut a peice of 2X4 to fit across the bottom casing lip. This will give me a place for one end of the clamp to work off of. The other end will work on one of the horizontal bars. But theres not enough clearance under the 2X4 for full operation of the clamps.
Fine.
Lift each end of the jointer up onto scrap lumber about 4" off the floor. I have now created a jointer lift :rolleyes:
Clamp does great! Got that belt just right. But I had to cut a new peice of wood to wedge the motors rear end up to horizontal again (other peice wont work with the new "jointer lift" in place).
Have to hammer that bastard in place to drive the heavy motor end back up. Got it. Looks great. Level agrees. Belt perfect. Alignment dead on.
Stripped a bolt.
@*$@#*&^&&*@!!!!
What crappy bolts. Dear Lord you'd think putting good bolts at this location wouldn't be that much trouble!
Off to the borg. Return with stainless bolts and nuts. These will hold!
Finish the job and the jointer starts and runs smooth.
Haven't done the nickle test yet.
Moral of the story? Get help. If you do this solo plan to improvise.
And put good bolts on down there. Stock are junk. :rolleyes: