trz Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Well, finally got back out to the shop to do some adjusting to my jointer( delta 6" 37-190) . New straight edge, new engineers square. Laying the straight edge across both tables the outfeed table and the far end of the infeed table (end furthest from the cutter head) are flat inline but there's about 8thous. Low on the infeed table by the cutter head. Shim the infeed table or readjust the outfeed table?? In my research I've seen advice going both ways! Do i need to know witch table the cutter head is inline with first? Owners manual is usless in this regard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 ==>Laying the straight edge across both tables the outfeed table and the far end of the infeed table (end furthest from the cutter head) are flat inline but there's about 8thous. Low on the infeed table by the cutter head. Want to be clear on this observation. It drives a setup procedure that's rather involved and don't want to go there if we don't have to.... Let me restate to see if I have it... So you placed a straight edge across the tables in the front, center and rear... In each location, you used feeler gauges to verify the tables are co-planer plus or minus a thou. Although the tables are co-planer, the front edge of the infeed table is uniformly 8thou below the cutting arc of the cutterblock or the arc of the cutterblock+knives? To this point, I've restated my understanding of your initial observation... Is this correct so far? Next questions... What is the protrusion of the knives -- approx? It should be between 50 and 70 thou above the arc of the cutterblock.... Are the knives all in-plane and at the same height relative to the cutting arc? Front, center, rear? What is the height of the outfeed table relative to the cutting arc? Is it also 8thou low? If you can see the table adjustments -- are any 'bottomed-out' -- i.e. is there reasonable adjustment remaining (say plus/minus 10thou) in each adjustment? Do you have shim stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trz Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 To start, the straight edge was layed across the tables with the blades 'out of the way'. Should i move the blades TDC and start over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Good clarification... We need to be precise to make this sort of thing work remotely... No need to replace the blades -- for now... So my restating of your situation is correct, but relative to the top of the cutterblock? And the outfeed table is where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 BTW: if the infeed table is lower than the cutterblock, how did you place the straight edge across both tables to verify co-planer? Unless you happen to have a set of machinists setup blocks, I can't see it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trz Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Not sure if this answers the question of "where" but if i lay a straight edge on the outfeed table and span the cutterhead the blades will move the SE about 3/32". That's consistant with all three blades and from front to back! The 8 thou low at the cutter head end of the infeed was consistant from front to back also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I can't picture it... I just can't see how you know the tables are co-planer with this description... Can you please post a pic of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trz Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'll see what i can do! Probably won't be back in the shop til Monday evening though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 No problem, I'll still be here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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