I’ve never used my jointer before and pulled it out to clean off the surface rust. It was my grandfather’s and hadn’t been taken care of in quite some time. It’s made by Ram Machinery. I noticed damaged to the infeed bed near the blade. The more troubling damage is where you adjust the angle of the fence. It is cracked all of the way through and it looks like he used a bolt to put it back together. There is definitely play in it horizontally. Using a square, I get only a very minor deviation when you push the fence forward or back, but it is there.
My question is whether it’s worth keeping around or should I just look towards getting a different one? It appears that you don’t find parts for these anywhere. I don’t see the point of having a machine that is meant to create flat surfaces that most likely won’t produce flat surfaces.
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I wouldn't worry about the wear to the infeed table however, I might be inclined to detach the fence assembly and take it to a metal shop to investigate a possible repair. I am not familiar with the details of welding/repairing iron BUT - I'd think it would be worth trying. The fence assembly isn't exposed to much pressure/wear, so theoretically (in my mind) a halfway decent repair ought to last for quite some time. I'd try it out before scrapping it.
How is everything else running? Are you able to make the tables co-planer, etc?
Best,
Ed
I think i wil try taking it somewhere and at least see what they say. I'm waiting on my dial indicator to come in to properly adjust it.
I tried it on a piece of scrap maple that I used for a bow string jig. it's not something that needed a high level of precision. It worked well but with snipe. I'm interested to see how it adjusts.
Thanks for the help.
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