Spent some time over the weekend putting fresh knives in my jointer and thicknesser.
Sat down with dial gauge and some tunes on the digital radio, set each jointer knife .001" proud of the outfeed table, gave the dovetails some lube, bit of a wipe down and a shot of compressed air to blow away some accumulated rubbish.
Today, I set about machining some 15 year old old 90x45 MGP10 I had in the shed. As I made the 1st pass, I could hear an uncharacteristic chatter, and thought one of the blades must have been slightly proud of the rest.
Part way through the second pass, I decided the chatter was too much to ignore, and began aborting the pass when B A N G !!! One of the knives shattered.
I cautiously shut the machine down, went inside and emptied my pants.
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It seems I failed to tighten all of the gib screws on that blade ... All the others were right.
I called woodfast in Adelaide whose advice was a replacement cutter head because mine was now buggered.
They suggested a price of around $1500 for a spiral head, but suggested it was hardly worth it. They no longer source 3 knife heads.
I also called woodworking warehouse in braeside, who suggested a Taiwanese spiral head for around $500.
The machine has certain sentimental value. So I am not that keen on scrapping it. It's a circa 1940 to 1955 Woodfast 150 Model 1.
Has anyone by chance retrofitted a spiral into an old machine ? Any traps ? Recommendations ? All advice gratefully received !
I have the head out of the machine now so I can take it with me to compare against new heads.
Oh ... A new pair of jocks might be nice too !!
Sat down with dial gauge and some tunes on the digital radio, set each jointer knife .001" proud of the outfeed table, gave the dovetails some lube, bit of a wipe down and a shot of compressed air to blow away some accumulated rubbish.
Today, I set about machining some 15 year old old 90x45 MGP10 I had in the shed. As I made the 1st pass, I could hear an uncharacteristic chatter, and thought one of the blades must have been slightly proud of the rest.
Part way through the second pass, I decided the chatter was too much to ignore, and began aborting the pass when B A N G !!! One of the knives shattered.
I cautiously shut the machine down, went inside and emptied my pants.
uploadfromtaptalk1432029378561.jpg
uploadfromtaptalk1432029430787.jpg
It seems I failed to tighten all of the gib screws on that blade ... All the others were right.
I called woodfast in Adelaide whose advice was a replacement cutter head because mine was now buggered.
They suggested a price of around $1500 for a spiral head, but suggested it was hardly worth it. They no longer source 3 knife heads.
I also called woodworking warehouse in braeside, who suggested a Taiwanese spiral head for around $500.
The machine has certain sentimental value. So I am not that keen on scrapping it. It's a circa 1940 to 1955 Woodfast 150 Model 1.
Has anyone by chance retrofitted a spiral into an old machine ? Any traps ? Recommendations ? All advice gratefully received !
I have the head out of the machine now so I can take it with me to compare against new heads.
Oh ... A new pair of jocks might be nice too !!
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