Recently I purchased an 8″ jointer and noticed the bottom of the fence rests on the tables. Do most jointer fences rest on the table or is there a gap? I spoke to the customer service department and they said the positioning is correct but I am just curious if this is standard?
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Yes, the fence rests on the outfeed table.
Life is what happens to you when you're making other plans .
I'm thinking it depends on the design of the fence mechanism, but on most yes it does. On my Jet, I have to tilt it up just a tad when moving it to not drag on the table surface. Those with rack-and-pinion would be different methinks.
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Thanks for the reply, I have a rack and pinon and the manufacturer said the same thing - tilt the fence before moving to protect the table.
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