I'm a little pissed off at myself. I was cleaning out the shop so I could
show it off to my dad at Xmas and I was moving the jointer back inside.
Wheels caught on the expansion joint and jointer took a tumble cracking the
base where the fence mounts. I stood over it and noticed a piece of cast
iron lying a foot away with it's jagged edges...little curls of walnut and
maple lay strewn all around.... it was horrible.. just horrible. I bent to
upright it and the fence comes off in my hands and the jointer falls again
to the concrete almost taking off my toes with it. I stood with fence in
hand trying to decide if I should pack it in ice for reattachment or what.
I gently sat down the fence and bent to upright my friend again, pausing to
rotate the cutter head in case it lashed out in pain to try to bite me.
After close inspection the corner of the base is broke off but still intact.
The bolt to the belt guard took most of the brunt of the fall. The base for
the fence slides down on 2 bolts and the jolt had simply knocked it loose.
I fixed the bolt, replaced the fence, straighten out the belt guard. I
stood back to look at it. I think it's going to be ok.... the jointer just
looked back as if it doesn't trust me anymore.
Greetings and Salutations.
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:53:23 GMT, "mel"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm a little pissed off at myself. I was cleaning out the shop so I could
>show it off to my dad at Xmas and I was moving the jointer back inside.
>Wheels caught on the expansion joint and jointer took a tumble cracking the
>base where the fence mounts. I stood over it and noticed a piece of cast
>iron lying a foot away with it's jagged edges...little curls of walnut and
>maple lay strewn all around.... it was horrible.. just horrible. I bent to
*snip*
Yea...a pretty sad tale. I was down at MSC for their fall
tent sale, and saw a large, expensive lathe that had turned to
scrap when they dropped it off the forklift - twice. The bed
was broken through right in front of the headstock - and by the
by, this bed was a good, solid 8" thick. Cast Iron is brittle.
Now...the good news is that it is likely not TOTALLY
dead.
There are a couple of ways to fix it. Probably the least
painful, but, likely most expensive and timeconsuming option is
to contacty the mfg. and get a replacement part. Disassemble
and replace...
Also, it might be possible to get it welded. Although
it takes some special skills, Cast Iron can be welded and brought
back to full strength. Find a local shop that rebuilds diesel
engine heads and ask them where they get theirs rewelded. Make
sure that whoever does it, though, DOES a lot of CI welding.
It is too easy to screw it up.
I have heard of a process that uses small holes, drilled
through the part into the body of CI, and special screws that are
coated with an epoxy. This works in many cases because Cast iron,
like glass, is brittle enough that when it breaks it does not
deform first. The break SHOULD fit back together quite tightly.
I have not used this process, though....
Of course, this could also be an excellent excuse for
that larger jointer.... Put the broken one on Ebay for an
opening bid of $1.00 and get what you can.
Regards
Dave Mundt
what have you been smoking, Mel? The jointer "looked back as if.."
I filled the expansion joint between my garage and driveway years ago,
right after I got a couple pieces of mobile equipment. MY POS Craftsman
TS would get stuck going over the joint; I used to wheel it outside to
use it before dedicating the garage to a wood shop. I used quick
setting cement for a smooth transition. Try that before something else
breaks.
dave
mel wrote:
> I'm a little pissed off at myself. I was cleaning out the shop so I could
> show it off to my dad at Xmas and I was moving the jointer back inside.
> Wheels caught on the expansion joint and jointer took a tumble cracking the
> base where the fence mounts. I stood over it and noticed a piece of cast
> iron lying a foot away with it's jagged edges...little curls of walnut and
> maple lay strewn all around.... it was horrible.. just horrible. I bent to
> upright it and the fence comes off in my hands and the jointer falls again
> to the concrete almost taking off my toes with it. I stood with fence in
> hand trying to decide if I should pack it in ice for reattachment or what.
> I gently sat down the fence and bent to upright my friend again, pausing to
> rotate the cutter head in case it lashed out in pain to try to bite me.
> After close inspection the corner of the base is broke off but still intact.
> The bolt to the belt guard took most of the brunt of the fall. The base for
> the fence slides down on 2 bolts and the jolt had simply knocked it loose.
> I fixed the bolt, replaced the fence, straighten out the belt guard. I
> stood back to look at it. I think it's going to be ok.... the jointer just
> looked back as if it doesn't trust me anymore.
>
>
Good! :-)
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"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> not visible from the driver's seat
>
>
Vacation and Christmas Vacation are 2 of our favorite movies!
dave
mel wrote:
> yeah I plan to do that after Xmas... right now my extension cord is neatly
> tucked in the joint to power the Xmas lights...I had to draw off the 20amp
> in the garage... 15 amp kept tripping on front porch. Can you say Clark
> Griswall a.k.a. Sparky?
>
>
Man, I hope I'm not on the road while your watching the movie! It's bad
enough with the wimmen putting on makeup, talking on the cellphone, and
reading the morning paper!!! :-)
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"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> same here... every year we drive to Mississippi to see her parents and we
> watch Christmas Vacation on the DVD along the way....sort of tradition.
>
> --
> "If you are arrogant, who's going to care if you're the best?"
>
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