I just bought a Delta JT360 6 inch planer, I am trying to bevel two edges of a board to allow me to glue it up with three other boards to form solid appearing post. The boards are walnut, 30″ by 3″ by 1″. When I bevel the two edges I am getting a taper on the trailing edge. The 3″ board is becoming 2 7/8 to 2 3/4. I have put a feather board on the fence to hold the leading edge down and this doesnt help. I have checked the outfeed table height, the cutter blade height and they are good. I have set the fence as the manual says and opposite what the manual says and nothing seems to work. Any ideas? I e-mailed Delta Technical department and havent gotten anything back yet.
thanks
larry
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What you are trying to do is very difficult on a jointer, a tablesaw with a good blade is the tool of choice for what you are trying to accomplish.
John W.
Found the problem. The bracket that holds the outfeed table adjustment shaft was loose. The two allen head screws were loose allowing about 1/8 inche of play. This allowed movement in the outfeed table, it would drop which put it lower than the infeed table. I guess I am a blond.
thanks
larry
Larry, glad you found the problem. Suggestion for any future contacts with Delta: call them, don't email them. From what I've heard the email queries get canned responses with little or no thought behind them.
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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