Just about ready to skid, crate and ship this to the west coast. It's not the prettiest, but it's now mechanically sound, new bearings, fresh knives, repaired gaurd, newer starter, etc
https://youtu.be/qiNHsoMwHWc
IMG_20200427_200606_470.jpg
Just about ready to skid, crate and ship this to the west coast. It's not the prettiest, but it's now mechanically sound, new bearings, fresh knives, repaired gaurd, newer starter, etc
https://youtu.be/qiNHsoMwHWc
IMG_20200427_200606_470.jpg
That guard is something else.
Erik
Ex-SCM and Felder rep
The porter guard actually works very well. The cut out allows you to stay in position and the pin allows the whole thing to pivot flat against the side of the machine and out of the way. 20" is a rare size. Darcy, did you keep the oil bath Bearings? Porter used ABEC 7 phenolic cage precision in their jointers. Best bearings I've seen in a jointer or planer. Dave
No, customer chose sealed bearings as they didn't want to deal with that in their commercial shop. I can't say I blame them, honestly I can't see much difference from original porter set up vs the shielded SKFs I used.
I agree, the porter gaurds are probably the best thought out ones made.
I'm not sure whether to be afraid of this jointer or land a plane on it.
Darcy do you have a Magnetic starter that you prefer. Im currently using a Square D on my 166 I don’t really like how it buzzes sometimes.
I like the Porter very cool.
Aj
I actually prefer Square D stuff, followed by AB, then cutler hammer. all Furnas starters should be thrown in the garbage. Lol.
Buzzing is from the coil. It could be dirty or getting weak. Or you could be significantly over its voltage, 220 coil 240 feeding machine.
I think Porter used the money saved by not hiring a good painter for better bearings. I agree that the 20" and smaller Porter jointers used small enough bearings that sealed will work on the direct drive machines.. The larger porters used bearings too large to run sealed at 3600 rpm let alone the 6000 they spec'd the belt drive to run. In spite of being ugly, I prefer the Porter to the Oliver. Dave