Ep 3a: Machine Setup – The Jointer part 1
In this episode, Matt Wajda sets the jointer tables using only a straight-edge and some scraps of paper
Jul 30, 2018
Videos in the Series
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Ep 1: Machine Setup – Introduction
July 23, 2018
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Ep 2: Machine Setup – The Tablesaw
July 23, 2018
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Ep 3a: Machine Setup – The Jointer part 1
July 30, 2018
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Ep 3b: Machine Setup – The Jointer part 2
July 30, 2018
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Ep 4: Machine Setup – The Bandsaw
August 7, 2018
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Ep 5: Machine Setup – The Hollow Chisel Mortiser
August 13, 2018
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Ep 6: Machine Setup – The planer
August 20, 2018
Comments
This series has come at a very opportune time, as I am completing the restoration on my 1966 Northfield HD / Porter 301 jointer. Thanks for the tips!
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Matt - what is the recommended period between maintenance cycles?
Why do you have a 'Powermatic' label on what is obviously a Grizzly?
Surely, you're joking, right?
Thanks for this video - very useful.
I am a little confused about the decision to shim the outfeed table. At around 3:30-3:50 into the video, Matt concludes that the tables appear to be leaning in the same direction. The way he holds his arms at 3:50 looks like another way to say "the outfeed table is a little higher than the infeed table". It is not obvious that there is an angle between the tables. For all I understand, the tables may at that point be parallel but just not coplanar. If the infeed table had just been adjusted a little upwards/forwards, could it not have turned out that they were already parallel?
You're somewhat correct. The tables might be parallel, but it could be said that using Matt's simple set of tools, you can't really prove that they are until they're parallel and coplanar. Once you're committed to doing a setup, you might as well make sure that the tables are coplanar since the process was probably the least tedious aspect of the setup. Then, going forward, you KNOW you're good! Did this machine need a setup? Probably not, but that wouldn't have made much of a video now would it?
Great to see this series. We love the master craft videos showing the experts!!! But for the ordinary person starting out - this will make all the difference in the world!
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