Hello,
I recently purchased a Hammer A3/41 jointer/planer. I’m having a hard time getting the outfeed and infeed tables into coplainer. I’ve spoken with Felder techs a few times and not getting much help. I’m trying to avoid the $4000 cost to have a Felder tech come out. Anyone know a machine tech near Seattle?
Thank you!
Rob
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Hey Rob, have you reached out to https://www.equipmentsalesandsurplus.com/
Though they don't service Felder, they may have a lead for you.
best of luck.
Have you tried youtube as well, I've been surprised how much info is out there. Some good, some bad but may be worth searching.
Thank you! I will try them. I’ve watched every YouTube video and spent hours trying to calibrate it and it’s not working.
$4k really! Fly in from Austria? Do they bring strudel for that? Seems excessive for a $6000 machine. It would be cheaper to trailer it down to Sacramento yourself. And I thought I wanted one of those. Service and support I guess needs to be considered before you buy a machine. Having 4 service centers ,N,S,E & W might work in Austria but not in a country this large. 18 hour drive to the repairman doesn't really work does it!
I have a combo machine, not a Hammer although that's what I was looking for but with the plague and the wait and finding a good deal on a Grizzly I went for that. I fussed and fussed trying to get it coplaner. One side of the of the outfeed table was factory set with no adjustment and they gave a specific dimension for that. When I realized that their number was off, and actually in machinest terms, way off, I tossed the book and getting it coplaner then became quite easy.
For a "technician " I would first try calling places that sell or service woodworking machinery in your area or machinery of any sort. They might be able to help you or direct you to someone who can.
I started out buying derelict machines and rebuilding them because i was poor and in all honesty I'm not particularly great at it but these machines are for woodworking and they're not that complicated, they aren't Spaceshuttles or sewing machines even and the tolerances are somewhat forgiving. You don't need a Felder technician or even someone that has ever seen a Felder. What you need is someone that is mechanically inclined. There are people that could spend two minutes looking at your jointer and just get it. It could be the kid down the block building hotrods.