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20th July 2015, 10:00 PM #16
Pat,
Changing the jointer was a task of necessity really. Had I not buggered the original head, I wouldn't have really considered the investment. I don't think I want to know what a new head for a 16" thicknesser would set me back.
Elan,
I might leave the end grain testing to you!Glenn Visca
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25th July 2015, 08:16 PM #17Member
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I've got an old woodfast buzzer, 10" from 1981.
Firstly, I also had a blade come out, I was very very lucky nothing happened to me AND the machine! No damage to the head etc. fortunately. I've since learned to turn the buzzer on for 30 sec or so whenever i change blades and not standing near it. Like you, I had to change my pants.
I found it very tricky to get the two tables coplaner until I used the coke-can shim trick on the outfeed table. It's really just about inserting snippets of aluminium can underneath the dovetail keyway shim until the tables are coplaner. I think I had to add about 3 shims. Since then, it runs perfectly.
This is a good resource - http://www.newwoodworker.com/jntrprobfxs.html - and talks about the shims.
Hope this helps and happy to answer more specific questions.
Steven.
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25th July 2015, 08:30 PM #18
Thanks Steven. You are right ... It's an experience I would rather not enjoy again !
Glenn Visca
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5th August 2015, 08:22 AM #19
Interested to know how some of you aligned your new segmented cutter heads.
Mine has so many different surfaces, that I am unsure which surfaces I can consider true on both sides of the cutter head. To make life that little more complicated, when I gauge a surface at top dead centre on the rear of the cutter, to find the equivalent surface one the front means I have to rotate the cutter an 1/8th of a turn or so.
I have read (I think) that one should NOT use the actual cutters as a reference.
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5th August 2015, 10:33 AM #20GOLD MEMBER
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You shouldnt use conventional knives as a reference for setting the cutter head alignment to tables. But with conventional knives you dont need to do this, so long as it is close, you can pull the knives out a little further on one end to compensate.
For a spiral or helical head, the cutters have no adjustment. They seat in one location only. Therefore I see no reason why you cant use the cutting edge as a reference.
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5th August 2015, 08:06 PM #22
Thanks both. Don't know where I read it ... Or ... Maybe I didn't ...
Anyways ... We will head down that path and see where it takes us.Glenn Visca
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