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G0633/G0634 Jointer/Planer Combo Machine
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Checking /Adjusting
Jointer Table
Parallelism
The outfeed table is preset by the factory parallel
with the cutterhead. However, it is critical to check
this setting. If the tables are not parallel with the
cutterhead or each other, then poor cutting results
and kickback can occur.
Tools Needed Qty
Straightedge ...................................................... 1
Adjustable Wrench ...........................................
1
Checking Outfeed Table Parallelism
1. DISCONNECT THE JOINTER/PLANER
FROM THE POWER SOURCE!
2. Put on leather gloves, then remove the
cutterhead guard and fence.
3. Place the straightedge on the outfeed table
so it hangs over the cutterhead in one of the
positions shown in
Figure 52.
4. Try to fit a feeler gauge or combination of
feeler gauges 0.062" to 0.069" between the
bottom of the ruler and the cutterhead body
as shown in
Figure 53.
—If the feeler gauge slides with slight resis
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tance between the ruler and cutterhead
and no gaps appear, go to Step 5
.
Figure 52. Straightedge positions for verifying if
outfeed table is parallel with cutterhead.
—If the feeler gauge(s) do not fit between
the ruler and cutterhead, or if there is a
gap, adjust the table height until the feeler
gauge slides with slight resistance between
the ruler and table.
Figure 53. Using feeler gauge to check outfeed
table-cutterhead height.
5. Continue placing the straightedge in the
remaining positions shown in
Figure 52. In
each position, the feeler gauge measurement
should be nearly identical.
—If the outfeed table height above the
cutterhead is equal across the table in
each position, then the outfeed table is
already parallel with the cutterhead. Go to
Checking Infeed Table Parallelism, on
Page 40.
—If the outfeed table height is not equal
across the table in any of the positions,
then the outfeed table is not parallel with
the cutterhead. Correct the outfeed table
parallelism, then correct the infeed table
parallelism.