ST1013 12" Jointer (Mfd. Since 3/16)
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Black Lines Represent
Straightedge Positions
from Overhead View
Figure 47. Straightedge positions for checking
infeed/outfeed parallelism.
4. Place straightedge in positions shown in Figure
47. In each position, straightedge should sit flat
against both the outfeed table and infeed table.
— If straightedge sits flat against both infeed
and outfeed table, then the tables are parallel.
— If straightedge does not sit flat against both
the infeed and outfeed table in any of the
positions, then the infeed table needs to be
adjusted parallel with the outfeed.
Straightedge
Outfeed Table
Infeed Table
Figure 46. Infeed and outfeed tables set evenly.
Adjusting Table Parallelism
For safe and proper cutting results, the tables must
be parallel with the cutterhead. Adjusting them to
be parallel is a task of precision and patience, and
may take up to one hour to complete. Luckily, this is
considered a permanent adjustment and should not
need to be repeated for the life of the machine.
Due to the complex nature of this task, we recom-
mend that you double check the current table posi-
tions to make sure that they really need to be adjust-
ed before starting.
The tables have four eccentric bushings under each
corner that allow the tables to be adjusted parallel.
These eccentric bushings are locked in place by pig-
gybacked set screws (one on top of the other) and
adjusted when the eccentric bushing is rotated.
The correct order for adjusting the table parallelism
is to first adjust the outfeed table parallel with the
cutterhead, then adjust the infeed table parallel with
the outfeed table.
When setting the outfeed table, all measurements
must be made from the cutterhead body—not the
inserts—or results may get skewed the next time you
change inserts.
Important:
The next steps are intended to be per-
formed in succession with the same steps for checking
the outfeed table. Do not continue until you have fol-
lowed those steps.
To check infeed table parallelism:
1. Follow steps for checking outfeed table paral-
lelism to first make sure outfeed table is parallel
with cutterhead.
2. Raise outfeed table higher than cutterhead.
3. Place straightedge halfway across infeed table
and halfway over outfeed table, and adjust
infeed table even with outfeed table, as shown
in Figure 46.
