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  1. 13th October 2013, 07:04 PM #1
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    Why is it that JET machines supplied in Australia come with such crappy manuals????

    I own 4 different JET offerings (tablesaw, lathe, jointer/thicknesser, and drum sander). In each case the local manual is the bare minimum required to assemble and operate the machine - in the case of the drum sander not even that.

    In every case I eventually go looking online through the JET USA site, and there I find infinitely better and more detailed manuals available. I just had an issue with the 16/32 drum sander for which the local manual supplied (all 8 pages of it....) was no help at all. Download the JET USA manual and there are detailed instructions (with high quality photos) showing exactly how to fix the problem. I think it was on Page 24 of 28 !!

    Same thing with the JPT-310 jointer thicknesser - the USA manual covers accurate setup and alignment of the tables in way more detail than the manual I got with my machine.

    Just a heads up for any JET machinery owners......
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  3. 14th October 2013, 09:22 PM #2
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    I just bought a jet linisher, so I might get ahead of the game before I start the assembly.

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    Default Same here

    Exactly the same problem in U.K.

    Do they think we are just naturally more able than their own countrymen, or could they be saving money!
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    I remember that I didn't know about the USA manuals when I assembled the drum sander - the local manual had so little detail on the assembly procedure that I basically just worked off the photo on the front page !

    When mine looked the same as the picture, and I didn't have any bits left over, I called it a success !! A slight improvement over Scheppach, where the machine ended up looking like the picture but with several parts left over. Luckily I was able to compare notes with other forumites in that case to check that we had the SAME parts left over....

    I know that owners of Carbatec machinery often go hunting down Grizzly (USA) manuals for their equipment, but I'd expect better of JET.
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