This is probably a very simple question for many. I just purchased a new Grizzly 8″ jointer model G0586. I have assembled it, but noticed something I don’t know if it is a problem or not. When looking at the infeed table at the cutterhead, the gap between the edge of the infeed table and the cutterhead is larger at the fence side of the table than at the operator side of the table. It appears the infeed table is ground back a little from square as it gets closer to the fence. There’s about an 1/8 inch difference from the front of the table to the back. I have emailed Grizzly about this several times in the past week to their tech support, but as yet no reply. I sent them a picture with the email but no reply. Can somebody tell me if this table has been milled wrong or it machined that way for a purpose? The outfeed table is square to the cutterhead. Any info would be appreciated.
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I have a different model of jointer but I have the same thing -- the blade end of the infeed table isn't dead parallel to the blades. I don't think it has any effect whatsoever, as long as the plane of the infeed table is parallel to the plane of the outfeed table (and of course the plane of the outfeed table is tangent to the tips of the cutters). It won't affect your feed direction, because that's controlled by the fence.
I wouldn't like a gap of an inch or more, but even then you'd have to really torque down on the wood to cause sufficient deflection to affect results.
Thank you FatherJohn for looking at your machine. I am about to conclude
this is a normal occurrence.
This won't affect the performance at all. I suspect that the factory doesn't bother to make that aspect of the casting very precise -- it doesn't need to be so why bother on a cost competitive machine? Just make sure that the beds and blade are aligned properly where it matters.
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