About 10 years ago my father (no longer with us) gave me an old jointer. Made by National Woodenware Co. St. Thomas Ont. There is no model #, it has three 4" blades and an "input" and an "output" table ( I hope these are the correct terms). Each table is adjustable for height, but not straight up and down, but on an incline. I decided to make this operational again and sent the blades for sharpening whilst I made a small bench with wheels and mounted a motor and got it all going okay. When I put the blades back in it and tried it a problem arose (I don't know if its me or the machine, having never used a jointer before). I adjusted the input table to take about 1/16 cut and the output table to the same height (almost) as the blades. The blades cut beautifully, but when putting a piece through the tables it is obvious that the output table is not level with the other table, you have to be very careful or the wood piece seems to drop down and then take no cut off the wood right at the end. It seems like the output table does not rise to in a level position, so that your piece of wood will "rock" almost at the end. I don't know if I have adjusted the tables incorrectly (although there is only on knob on each table) or if the machine is out of wack. The cut from these new blades is very nice and I have some upcoming projects that really would make use of the jointer. I hope that I have explained this enough so that someone who is familiar with jointers can maybe shed some light on this for me or maybe offer some suggestions. Tnx , Ken
- posted
20 years ago