Hi,
i got a call from my dad who was at an auction. he knew I wanted a jointer. He said one was there. I asked if it was in good shape. He said yea. To make a long story short, he got it for 50 bucks. He brought it home and It looks very old. It is a craftsman model number
103.23320. It is missing a belt. It is on top of a home made stand with wheels. On the second shelf of the stand is a sears and robuck motor with a pully with several different sized pulleys on one pulley. The jointer has a fence. It has 3 knifes that look like they are not gouged but probably need sharpened.I typed the model number on the sears website and it said parts are no longer available.
I cleaned up the thing. (It had a lot of wasp nests in it!). Cleaned the table with paint thinker and then sprayed it and all the moving parts with silicone.
The infeed side of the table on one end seems to be about 1/16 or more higher than the parallel side. (6 inches away) Is there an adjustment for this?
The motor when I plugged it in works or at least spins without a belt.
Is this think going to be usable for edge jointing and face planing small boards or is it going to be more trouble than it is worth?
Any informaion as always is appreciated!