Ok so bI picked up a Craftsman 11320680 jointer that v really needed to be cleaned up.  I  removed the fence and cleaned everything up,  replaced the blades.  

 

When I remounted the fence it is square to the outfieed table but is out about a 1/32 or so to the infeed table.   The bottom of the fence needs to come in some on that side. Having issues getting the bottom of the fence on the infeed side to move in some without throwing out the outfieed side. 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Edited February 14, 20215 yr by Larry Blighton

It’s possible it’s not the fence but rather the infeed table that is not aligned. Check to see if the fence is straight, flat and no twist. If the fence is okay, use a straight edge to check the orientation of the outfeed table to the infeed table. Both tables should be parallel and coplanar across their widths

Lew is right on.. Both the infeed and outfeed should be set parallel to each other then the fence can be set

My Crapsman 6" jointer gave me so much grief that I gave it away. With a good tablesaw and, good blades and, a good planer, a jointer is a superfluous space waster.   

On 2/13/2021 at 8:03 PM, lew said:

It’s possible it’s not the fence but rather the infeed table that is not aligned. Check to see if the fence is straight, flat and no twist. If the fence is okay, use a straight edge to check the orientation of the outfeed table to the infeed table. Both tables should be parallel and coplanar across their widths

 

On 2/13/2021 at 8:51 PM, Smallpatch said:

Lew is right on.. Both the infeed and outfeed should be set parallel to each other then the fence can be set

 

Thanks I will try and check this out this afternoon

22 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

My Crapsman 6" jointer gave me so much grief that I gave it away. With a good tablesaw and, good blades and, a good planer, a jointer is a superfluous space waster.   

Gene, I have never heard of Crapsman ...... lol

 

Well let hope that this one is not.

Larry, about 100 years ago I inherited my FIL’s Craftsman jointer and it had the same problem.  I did fix it by shiming the rail.  

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Larry, about 100 years ago I inherited my FIL’s Craftsman jointer and it had the same problem.  I did fix it by shiming the rail.  

I hope work on it this afternoon, would like to put this thing to use.

Edited February 15, 20215 yr by Larry Blighton

If you don't have the manual it can be found here.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=23352

5 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

If you don't have the manual it can be found here.

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=23352

Thanks

Ok so I pretty much have the fence aligned.  I changed the blades to a new set.  I do not have one of the fancy magnetic tools that hole the blade up while tightening the set screws.  I placed a straight edge over the gap and brought the blades up to just barely touching.  

 

The problem I am having now is that when I run wood through it now I seem to be getting some tear out. 

 

Is this because the blades are not adjusted right? 

Is this because I am trying to take to big of a bit at one time?

 

IF you have any suggestions please let me know.

I followed this plan for a knife setting jig.  It has two of my favorite features - it's cheap and it works.

 

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2005/10/25/jointer-knife-setting-jig

Thanks I will check it out

 

It could be the wood grain direction. Some species are more prevalent to this happening. Highly figured wood will also be prone to this. I have my joiner set to take only 1/32" on each pass but even then I can get some tear out. Helical type head/cutters will reduce this problem, also.

Feed the board through.  If there is tear out flip the board end for end and run it through the way the tear out should be gone.  If it is still there the board may have some wild grain try another board.

13 hours ago, lew said:

It could be the wood grain direction. Some species are more prevalent to this happening. Highly figured wood will also be prone to this. I have my joiner set to take only 1/32" on each pass but even then I can get some tear out. Helical type head/cutters will reduce this problem, also.

 

one of these days might get a helical head for it, just not in the budget right now

13 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Feed the board through.  If there is tear out flip the board end for end and run it through the way the tear out should be gone.  If it is still there the board may have some wild grain try another board.

 

I will have to do some board flipping once I readjust the blades.  I am going to make me one of the jigs JimM posted the link for.   

Edited March 19, 20215 yr by Larry Blighton

9 minutes ago, Larry Blighton said:

 

one of these days might get a helical head for it, just not in the budget right now

Me either!

3 hours ago, Larry Blighton said:

 

one of these days might get a helical head for it, just not in the budget right now

 

3 hours ago, lew said:

Me either!

I feel your pain! Around here, the helical upgrade pretty well doubles the cost of the 735.