$20 CL Grizzly Jointer

Quite the deal!

Cheers!

-- Dave; Lansing, Kansas

Great deal. An experienced welding shop should have little problem with the repair.

Definitely fixable – you deserve to be the one to own it, too. Loyalty to good tools is a noble cause!

-- Bstrom

I could be wrong, but I believe that cast iron is difficult, but not impossible, to weld. I am not a welder, by any means, but make sure the welding shop knows what it’s doing.

-- Howard - "Time spent making sawdust is not deducted from one's lifetime." - old Scottish proverb

As I said, an EXPERIENCED welding shop should have little problem. Cast can also be brazed, which may be better. It must be cooled slowly after the repair.

Someone who knows what he’s doing can probably weld or braze cast iron to be strong. The challenge with a jointer is making sure the tables and cutterhead are all parallel.

-- Alan in Wisconsin

ibewjon thanks for confirmation that it can be repaired. I have a reputable welding shop I deal with in my day job. I’m sure they will know how to correctly repair it. I can post back with the finished product. I’m going to build a little bit of a stand for the jointer as well rig up for DC. I don’t need mobility but me at 6’3” this is too low at 30 7/8.

-- Have a hobby? You should have a business.

Those are never “true”, so you won’t really mess things up with a fix. This is not a bad thing as you have to true them all with shims at the four points of the ways (top left and right and bottom left and right). After the part is brazed (and it will require a shop with lots of heat as the entire part will need to be heated) you will spend some time shimming it to get it true. The only downside would be a warp in the surface, but if you are in it that far you can have it flattened at a machine shop. Good luck.

Got the infeed table back from my welder. Installed and shimmed. Everything lined up pretty close and flat. Didn’t have to touch the knifes. Built a stand to raise it up to a more comfortable work height and added a 6” DC port. I’m all in @ 70 bucks.

-- Have a hobby? You should have a business.

That looks like a excellent welding job. Nice save on a very important woodworking machine for a woodshop

-- Aj

An experienced welder made it look easy. Great find.