Jerry Booher
07-22-2008, 10:11 PM
My biscuit joiner will not hold a depth setting. After screwing the fine adjustment rod, it will without warning go full depth (and cut through 5/8 plywood)! I finally saw the problem. The fine adjustment rod doesn't have any threads! It appeared to be covered with blue Loctite or something most of which is gone.
With a too large awkward magnifying glass I believe I see threads in the moveable casting. I talked to DeWalt "tech" support and she could not help me. The exploded drawing on DeWalt's Website does not show any threaded collar on the rod. I was convinced there had to be a threaded rod to screw into the threaded casting for adjustment. Since there are no threads on the rod, I believed there would be a collar that looked like a set screw drilled out and Loctited onto the rod.
Otherwise, how can you screw a rod into the casting if there are no threads. The plunger spring just pushes the rod out until the joiner bottoms out at full depth.
Anybody have experience with this?:confused:
Jerry
With a too large awkward magnifying glass I believe I see threads in the moveable casting. I talked to DeWalt "tech" support and she could not help me. The exploded drawing on DeWalt's Website does not show any threaded collar on the rod. I was convinced there had to be a threaded rod to screw into the threaded casting for adjustment. Since there are no threads on the rod, I believed there would be a collar that looked like a set screw drilled out and Loctited onto the rod.
Otherwise, how can you screw a rod into the casting if there are no threads. The plunger spring just pushes the rod out until the joiner bottoms out at full depth.
Anybody have experience with this?:confused:
Jerry