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- From: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:09:58 GMT
- Subject: Re: Walker-Turner Jointer Blade Install
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- kopca@mksol.dseg.ti.com (David J Kopca) writes:
- >
- >Please be kind, this is my first posting.
-
- Welcome! I hope you have good experiences and keep posting!
-
- >I just purchased a used Walker-Turner "6 jointer (its about 40
- >years old). I took the jointer to Porter Cable for a tune-up;
- >however, they declined to work on it without a parts
- >diagram/description.
- >
- >I am now trying to replace various parts. So far, I have been able to
- >replace all of the parts with mostly Delta jointer parts. I
- >brought a belt, Delta blades ($40), Delta screws that are used on
- >blade clamps ($1.50 per), and a Delta wrench to go with the screws
- >($8).
- >
- >Question 1:
- > Does anyone have a good (accurate) method for installing the
- > blades without purchasing the $58 Delta magnetic device?
-
- Tricky.
-
- The $58 Delta magnaset is the same $40 magnaset they sell in
- Woodworker's supply magazine. Or, you can use a straight piece of
- wood. Or you can get WOODWORKING MACHINES from FWW and check out
- Tag Frid's method of setting blades (and sharpening them with a
- router).
-
- If you like the magnaset and you have an adjustable outfeed table,
- here is one for you:
-
- Instead of buying a magnaset for $45 (with tax) or $60 with tax for
- the delta version, I went to an electronics supply in Santa Clara
- and bough a pair of 1.5" long ceramic magnets for $2.00.
-
- The, I turned my blades until they were just shy of the outfeed table
- edge, laid the two magnets on the outfeed table with just enough hanging
- over to grip the blades, loosened the blade so the magnets could grip
- it, and viola! Perfectly aligned blades. For $2.00.
-
- Then, I adjust my outfeed table to be flush with one of the blades using
- a straight piece of wood and the job is done. Took me 15 minutes to
- mount and adjust three new blades.
-
- >
- >Question 2:
- > I brought the jointer for $225. The motor is in good working
- > condition. Was it a good deal?
-
- Not bad. An extremely cheap tiawan made jointer with rabbit arm, fence
- mounted on the end of the infeed table (inferior to center mount), aluminum
- fence, single controls for angle and position (requiring you to re-set
- the angle every time you move the fence), and cheap screws for angle
- stops costs around $250 to $350. (Trendlines, Vulcan, etc.)
-
- The Ryobi JP55 6" router with noisey universal motor and no rabbeting
- arm costs around $300.00 in the sale catalogs.
-
- The cheapest 6" jointer with a center-mount fence I could find was the
- Grizzley for $359, but I couldn't see it. It is probably typical taiwan
- construction.
-
- My Jet center-mount jointer was about $420.00. It took me a day of filing
- and adjusting to get it cutting right and working smootly, but it does
- real nice work now.
-
- If you bought a used jointer with a center-mounted fence with GOOD controls
- and a working induction motor, then $225 isn't a bad price, even if you
- have to buy some parts, but to know for sure, I would need to know how much
- you have spent since your initial purchase on parts.
-
-
- >
- >Delta and Porter Cable have been nickel and dime-ing (and
- >dollaring) me to death. I was hoping for a less expensive way to
- >accurately install the blades.
- >
- >Any help on will be greatly appreciated.
- >
- >Thanks
- >Kopca@mksol.dseg.ti.com
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- >
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