Adjusting table parallelism – Woodstock SHOP FOX W1755 User Manual

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W1755 6" Parallelogram Jointer

3. Place the straightedge halfway across the infeed

table and halfway over the outfeed table, and adjust

the infeed table even with the outfeed table, as

shown in

Figure 53.

4. Place the straightedge in the positions shown in

Figure 54. In each position, the straightedge should

sit flat against both the outfeed table and the infeed

table.

— If the straightedge sits flat against both the infeed

and outfeed table, then the tables are parallel.

— If the 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.

Adjusting Table Parallelism

For safe and proper cutting results, the tables must be

parallel with the cutterhead. Adjusting them to be paral-

lel is a task of precision and patience, and may take up to

one hour to complete. Luckily, this is considered a perma-

nent adjustment and should not need to be repeated for

the life of the machine.

Due to the complex nature of this task, we recommend

that you double check the current table positions to make

sure that they really need to be adjusted before starting.

The tables have four eccentric bushings under each cor-

ner that allow the tables to be adjusted parallel. These

eccentric bushings are locked in place by piggybacked 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 knives—or

results may get skewed the next time you change knives.

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 followed

those steps.

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Figure 53. Infeed and outfeed tables set

evenly.

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Figure 54. Straightedge positions for

checking infeed/outfeed parallelism.