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   JohnWW | May 18, 2007 12:45am | #1

   Hi FG,

   Can you give me a model number on the saw?  With luck I can find a parts sheet for the saw and maybe I can figure out how the height lock worked.  On most contractor's saws the height locks were fairly lame even when they were new.  Does your asw height lock work by turning a smaller knob in the center of the height crank handle?

   John W.

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   forestgirl | May 18, 2007 06:08am | #2

   It's the JTS-10JF (or just plain 10F, maybe).  I have an owner's manual Jet sent me after I got the saw from a frame shop guy who'd kinda trashed it.  Below are scans of the relevant drawings (I hope).

   It works thusly:  The small knob in the middle of the front big wheel is supposed to lock the height adjustment, so I loosen that, adjust the height using the big wheel, then lock the small knob.  I've tried various "techniques" (adjusting up only, for instance) but nothing seems reliable.  This is especially true when the blade is at the lowest part of it's range -- today, I was cutting 1/4" deep grooves, and corresponding tongues that involved slightly less than 1/2" height setting.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   forestgirl | May 18, 2007 06:20am | #3

   Oops, forgot....

    forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

   
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   JohnWW | May 18, 2007 08:35pm | #4

   The parts sheets aren't giving me much to go on.  I'll do some searching around and get back to you after the weekend.

   John W.

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   forestgirl | May 18, 2007 08:50pm | #5

   Thanks, John, have a good weekend!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   forestgirl | May 19, 2007 10:40pm | #6

   John, I sent you an email -- found an article!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)