Scott
Thank you, and you're right, all of the locking mechanisms are on the right side of the feeder. I hadn't really noticed that. I'll try it there also.
Rod
I have the original manual from Comatic, but it's pretty bad. It simultaneously refers to the installation, and use, of the feeder on three machines. Table saw, jointer, and shaper. It's not always clear which machine it is referring to either. In the manual I have, every drawing shows it mounted back left though. I'll still PM you for your manual if that's okay?
I've actually been using the online Grizzly Manual for the G4179 more. It's an identical machine, and that manual is much more clearly written.
Right now I'm at a pause with the installation.
I've temporarily mounted (clamped) it to the shaper and was testing it out, setting the angle of feed, and pressure, when the motor run capacitor decided it was time to "blow". So I'm waiting for a $6.00, 25uf, 250WVAC, capacitor right now. It should be here in the next day or so. I ordered the motor start capacitor at the time. If one was ready to blow, the other is probably not far behind. I probably would have replaced both of them anyway when I actually started using it.
I also have an email back from Western Roller offering two options for wheel/tire/roller replacement:
The first is an all metal hub with replaceable tires, but the cost is fairly high. A little over $200.00 per wheel. The second is a urethane hub with a non replaceable tire. These are $38.00 each. Durometer is 70 on both.
I'm going with Option 2. I'll never put enough material through this shaper to even come close to having to worry about wearing out the tires/rollers, which would be one of the benefit of option 1,and the other being the ability to change durometer for different materials I guess??
Last edited by Mike Cutler; 12-11-2018 at 7:06 AM.
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