If you can move the shaft by hand there is play. Thinner shim sounds good. My jointer has a stack of thinner shims cut from card stock so it is easy...
Self employed woodworker specializing in live edge furniture, mandolin family instruments, custom stair work. Moved from Cincinnati to Stout, Ohio in 1977 and established Rome Hill Studio where I continue to make saw dust every day.
Location:
Stout, Ohio
Interests:
Irish and Scottish music, native plants, digital recording