Removing tables on a vintage jointer

[Feng Huang]

I'm restoring a 6" jointer (I'm guessing 40s or 50s), "Duro" brand. I am looking to use it, and I would like to take it apart and give it a clean, and failing that at least shim up the outfeed table. However, I'm having no luck removing the tables. In particular, the outfeed table not only cannot be removed, but also has no play to be shimmed (I can shim the infeed table but I'd rather not do that). I have removed all the screws and lowered the outfeed table to the lowest point.

Here are the photos of my project (with additional comments)

Anybody have any ideas?

Thank you

[Andrew Hughes]

Have you tried unbolting it from the stand to get a good look underneath.
Looks like a beefy small jointer.

[Feng Huang]

Have you tried unbolting it from the stand to get a good look underneath.
Looks like a beefy small jointer.

I don't think there would be any other screws, as it should just be sitting on the gibs. Removing it from the stand would be onerous, so I won't do that just yet

[Bill Space]

You could try posting a question on the OWWM site. Those guys live and breathe Old Wood Working Machines.

[Ryan Yeaglin]

I just restored a 64' Rockwell/Delta 6" jointer. First remove the jointer from the stand. Remove the fence and lay the jointer upside down to access the bottom. There should be either set crews or roll pins holding the adjusting rods in place (this is what the hand crank is connected to). There should also be a "knuckle" that is held on with a shouldered bolt, this is what rides on the adjusting rod and controls the up and down motion of the bed. The screws you show in your pictures are gib screws, they control the amount of "slop" that is in the dovetail, there should also be gib plates that go in between the screws and the dovetail so the screws don't mar the dovetail, but put tension on it. Pm me if you have further questions.

[Feng Huang]

I have taken the jointer off the bed, and I can't find any bolts or pins underneath it. In the absence of a better explanation, I'll have to assume that the outfeed table is already "loose", but there's no slop, although it moves well enough up and down the gibs.

Also, the outfeed table has been lowered to the point it has come off the threaded rod, and I can't put it back in, as because of the lack of slop, it won't move enough to engage the thread.

I have taken it onto my lawn and shaken all the sawdust out of it, so that there aren't any collected or caked on debris. I'll look to give it a good clean, before I hit it with some liquid wrench.

Here's a couple of pictures of the underside. Also, they are in this album https://imgur.com/a/pegItRe

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[Feng Huang]

Pm me if you have further questions.

Hi, thanks a lot for this tip! I've removed the jointer from the stand as a starting step. I tried to send a PM, but my account doesn't have that function.

[William Hodge]

That's the largest motor on the smallest jointer that I have seen.

[Jim Becker]

I tried to send a PM, but my account doesn't have that function.

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[Feng Huang]

That's the largest motor on the smallest jointer that I have seen.

It's a part of a table saw/jointer combo. The tablesaw can use 2 horses. Jointer not so much, but should be ok