So i had a bad day in the shop a few nights ago. My shop is still in the process of being set up in more permanent flow and since i was in a very small shop previously several tools are on wheels. Long story short I was planning boards through my 735 and the cart it was on rotated pushing a board into the fence adjustment handle of my 1982 powermatic 60 jointer promptly tipping the jointer and busting the dove tail on the cast iron base on the in-feed side, and the rabbit bracket for the knife guard along with bending the table height adjustment screw.
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I took it to a welding shop and they didn't feel great about trying to get the dovetail welding solid without throwing off the height of the tables. The second thought i had was see if a newer model jointers base would fit my tables. When I called powermatic they said a base from a powermatic 60B would work. I wanted to double check if anyone else thinks this is true or if the raising and lowering mechanisms changed from 82 till present. I dont have the budget to buy a new jointer and I looked for 5 years before I found a single PM 8 inch within 250 miles of where I live, so I am willing to deal with the colors not matching and it not being a show room jointer. Open to any and all suggestions on this.
Thank you