Well Jason sadly mine arrived NOT tuned. Nothing on this jointer was adjusted correctly so far. Electrical box crooked. Rabbit/blade guard table uphill out of plane with the table about .125 inch. I had to remove sheet metal to adjust it. Finished wiring the cord just now and started checking the tables with the 48 inch Starrett precision straight edge...the outfeed table still contacts the cutter even at the highest table setting. Infeed table is sloped downward toward the cutterhead like a ski jump, by eye I'd say minimum .015 to .020 inch. So the sheet metal has to come off and I'll be spending my time doing the setup the factory should have done.
Hey factory, you are lazy and sloppy. Go take another coffee break you are about useless anyway. With that rant out of the way lol here's some wiring pics.
The factory cord, stiff, bent, I don't know mount in on a wall as modern art?
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The plastic factory electrical box is designed for some kind of rectangular press/snap/hammer in cord grips. Rather than mess with it I installed a steel box below. Cut the factory cord off leaving a foot or so which I ran into the steel box. That cord grip is 1/2 inch for .300 to .375 inch cord. The factory cord is 14awg about .365 inch in diameter. For the new cord I used 12/3 SJOOW sourced at Lowes. It's about .450 inch in diameter. For it's cord grip I used also a 1/2 inch but for .375 to .500 inch cords. I threw just 8 feet of cord on the machine and a 20amp 250v twist lock plug. I'll be using a longer extension cord between it and the wall panel. My bandsaw will be using the same outlet and extension cord. It came with a 15amp 220v plug, naturally different than the jointer, yet both recommend a 20 amp breaker.
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It looks pretty, that's about all I can say so far. I was about to haul the crate to the dump, now I may hold off until I try to get this crooked thing adjusted. Already wishing I had spent another $2,500.
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