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Forum topic by DDWW | posted 11-13-2019 03:15 PM | 155 views | 0 times favorited | 5 replies | ![]() |
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11-13-2019 03:15 PM |
A friend who works at a school grabbed me this jointer they were throwing it away. It had been sitting for years to waiting to be disposed of but the custodial crew said it was to heavy. He grabbed it and drove 3 hours to bring it to me. An incredible guy! This one was from the maintenance shop and very lightly used. Its in pretty good shape, started slowly but runs well on the original 1/2 HP Rockwell branded motor. There are are some small issues I’m addressing, If anyone has a better ideas I”m open to input. The Upper pulley has been replaced by a 3 way pulley and the guard was elevated to accommodate the oversized pulley. It worked ok but It puts the bottom drive pulley very close to the end of the shaft and creates some vibration. I was able to order cast iron 2 3/4” pulley from Surplus Center and that should restore it to Stock size and put the original guard back on. It looks like the guard must have been attached with threaded clips or something that is missing. In the manual I’ve found it is bolted on but I have no bolt holes. I will drill for bolts. It has one pork chop guard, but no spring mechanism to hold it against the fence. Again OEM parts aren’t available so I’m looking at parts for other jointers on grizzly with similar mechanism and will attempt to retrofit that. I don’t have a guard for the backside but I think Im fairly safe using it with out one. In fact I’ve never seen one accept in the manual. Its missing a knob handle for the fence I can probably just thread some rod and make or buy a knob, though it looks like I can operate it as is. I need to add a dust port. I won’t find an exact size so I’m going to try a larger size from Woodcraft. I will have to drill some mounting holes or try auto molding tape.
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