New Toys

[Geoff Sims]

I've been a good boy cos mum's let me have some new toys.

Got myself a BAS-350 Bandsaw, a Dust Extractor, a thicknesser and a jointer.

SORRY!!!! Just showing off.

Got a couple of questions about the jointer though. There's a black plate thingy with a spring loaded knob on the back of the machine and I haven't got a clue what it's for. There's also a couple of toggle thingys as well and I don't know what they're for either. Can anyone enlighten me? (Pictures Thingy and Thingy 2).

Cheers
Geoff

[munruben]

Wow. lucky boy. gee you must have done some crawling Nice work if you can get it. Don't know what the knobs are but someone will tell you I am sure.. Congratulations on your new toys.

[SilentButDeadly]

the toggle thingys are the table locks. I'll wager the spring loaded knob is the depth stop knob for the infeed table...

[*Kev]

Geoff, If you bought these machines new they should come with user manuals. Have a good read before using the machines. You could learn some very important safety tips as well as the operation of all the thing-a-ma-jigs, wat-cha-callits and doovers.

[Geoff Sims]

Thanks for your replies gents.

Actually, I have read the manuals quite thoroughly and the jointer "Thingys" don't crack a mention at all. The jointer would, most likely have been built in China, and whilst it seems to be of good build quality, and worked very well and accurately "straight out of the box", the manual leaves a lot to be desired.

The black plate thingy with the spring loaded knob doesn't appear to do anything at all. The shaft protrudes about 2mm from a slot in the back of the plate, but doesn't lock into anything. when you pull the knob, the shaft dissappears inside the plate. I'll take some closeup photos and see if they make sense to anyone.

Same with the toggle thingys. they don't appear to do anything either. Again, I'll take some more photos. Could be some sort of additional table locks, but I can't work out how they operate, besides which there are some big screw in knobs which operate as table locks on the other side of the tables.

Once again, thanks for your replies.

Cheers
Geoff

[*Kev]

Yep, I know what you're saying - some of the manuals I've read that have been translated from Chinese are appalling.

[Geoff Sims]

SilentButDeadly

You were correct about the toggles being table locks. They didn't appear to work as such initially, but they just weren't screwing in far enough. A bit of lubrication to free them up and now they screw in properly and do, in fact lock the tables.

Thanks for your advice.

Cheers

[Geoff Sims]

I've taken a couple of pictures of the black knob as mentioned earlier. They may assist to identify what it is for. I certainly don't have any ideas.

Cheers

[mat]

The black knob attached to the spring loaded rod usually locks into a hole when the table is at a set height. Do I see that hole slightly to the left of the shalft in the photo. The toggle clamps lock the table after height adjustment.

[mat]

From my instruction book (similar jointer)

NOTE: When raising or lowering the infeed
table a plunger located on other end of
the index stop (C) Fig. 36, automatically
stops the table at 1/8 inch depth of cut.
To move the table past this point it is necessary to pull
out index stop (C) and move the table up or down.
IMPORTANT: Always make sure table lockhandle (A)
is tightened before operation.
The table lockhandle
(A) is spring-loaded and can be repositioned by
pulling out the handle and repositioning it on the
serrated nut located under the handle.



C is the black ball. A is the toggle thingy.

[Geoff Sims]

Hi Mat

A bit of close examination showed that you were correct about the black knob and the toggles.

As was shown in one of my photos, the shaft attached to the knob wasn't long enough to reach the hole in the side of the inffeed table, hence it didn't register to me that it was a table stop.

As it turned out, the knob had been screwed way too far onto the shaft, effectively pulling it away from the table. Unscrewing it a few turns solved the problem and it now locks the infeed table at 1/8" depth of cut, just as you described.

Thanks for the help.