I have found the outfeed table on my new 8" jointer very difficult to raise and lower, requires two hands on the adjusting wheel, and sometimes a lever in the wheel to make it turn. I have totally loosened the gib screws and the locking handle, no improvement - no worries about this table sliding down the dovetail ways, eh? You can see the ends of the gib bars in the keyways of both tables when looking underneath and from the top. I am assuming it is a single bar in each way.
The infeed table winds up and down nicely with one hand, with the gib screws set to eliminate play.
I hit the outfeed table with WD40 and sewing machine oil, and between my mechanic son-in-law with powerful wrists, and a powerful battery drill with Allen key hex bit, we raised and lowered this table about 50 times over the full range of travel, all the while keeping it well lubricated. Not much improvement, except that with two hands on the wheel I can now raise and lower it. There is no more paint on the raise/lower threads behind the wheel, so that is not the problem, although it may have been initially.
Can anyone please suggest the cause and how to fix it?
The infeed table winds up and down nicely with one hand, with the gib screws set to eliminate play.
I hit the outfeed table with WD40 and sewing machine oil, and between my mechanic son-in-law with powerful wrists, and a powerful battery drill with Allen key hex bit, we raised and lowered this table about 50 times over the full range of travel, all the while keeping it well lubricated. Not much improvement, except that with two hands on the wheel I can now raise and lower it. There is no more paint on the raise/lower threads behind the wheel, so that is not the problem, although it may have been initially.
Can anyone please suggest the cause and how to fix it?
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