Home Built 13" Jointer #11: Getting Ready for Assembly
Been working away at painting for the last few weeks.Had another near catastrophe. When I started, I had 5-1/2 spray cans of Rustoleum Deep Blue Hammered paint. I’ve been using silver as a base/primer,...
View ArticleHome Built 13" Jointer #12: Assembly - Part 1
Started out Sunday morning with mounting and wiring the switch. I wasn’t sure if it would fit in the location that I had originally planned, but I managed to squeeze it in there. I ran into a little...
View ArticleHome Built 13" Jointer #13: Table Lifting Screw
Just spent 2 hours getting the lifting screw installed. I’m using some 1/2-8 acme, so I don’t have to turn it a million times to raise and lower the table. After cutting it to length, I needed to turn...
View ArticleHome Built 13" Jointer #14: Table Lifting Screw - Nut Assembly
This morning I set out to build the nut assembly that raises and lowers the infeed table.I started with a piece of Delrin rod that I thought was 1.5” diameter.Holding it with a handscrew, I marked the...
View ArticleHome Built 13" Jointer #15: It's running...
I finished painting the lifting nut assembly, and installed it. Here’s a view of the entire parallelogram assembly. And a view from under the infeed table. I was originally going to bring the cord out...
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