Table

Symptom

 

Possible Cause

Possible Solution

 

 

 

 

Tables are hard

to

1. Table lock is engaged or partially

1. Completely loosen the table lock.

adjust.

 

engaged.

 

 

 

2. Table stops blocking movement.

2. Loosen/reset table positive stops.

 

 

 

 

Cutting

Symptom

 

 

 

Possible Cause

Possible Solution

 

 

 

Excessive snipe (gouge

1. Outfeed table is set too low.

1. Align outfeed table with cutterhead knife at top dead

in the end of the board

 

center (Page 15).

that is uneven with the

2. Operator pushing down on trailing end of

2. Reduce/eliminate downward pressure on that end of

rest of the cut).

 

 

the workpiece.

workpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workpiece stops in

the

1. Outfeed table is set too high.

1. Align outfeed table with cutterhead knife at top dead

middle of the cut.

 

 

center (Page 15).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chipping.

 

 

 

1. Knots or conflicting grain direction in

1. Inspect workpiece for knots and grain (Page 22); only

 

 

 

 

 

 

wood.

use clean stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Nicked or chipped blades.

2. Adjust one of the nicked knives sideways; replace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

knives (Page 33).

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Feeding workpiece too fast.

3. Slow down the feed rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Taking too deep of a cut.

4. Take a smaller depth of cut. (Always reduce cutting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

depth when surface planing or working with hard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

woods.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuzzy Grain.

 

 

 

1. Wood may have high moisture content

1. Check moisture content and allow to dry if moisture is

 

 

 

 

 

 

or surface wetness.

too high.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Dull knives.

2. Replace knives (Page 33).

 

 

 

Long lines or ridges that

1. Nicked or chipped knives.

1. Adjust one of the nicked knives sideways; replace

run along the length of

 

knives (Page 33).

the board.

 

 

 

 

 

Uneven

cutter

marks,

1. Feeding workpiece too fast.

1. Slow down the feed rate.

wavy surface, or chatter

2. Knives not adjusted at even heights in

2. Adjust the knives so they are set up evenly in the

marks across the face of

the cutterhead.

cutterhead (Page 33).

the board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board

edge

is

concave

1. Board not held with even pressure on

1. Hold board with even pressure as it moves over the

or convex after jointing.

infeed and outfeed table during cut.

cutterhead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Board started out extremely warped.

2. Take partial cuts to remove the extreme high spots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

before doing a full pass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Board has excessive bow or twist along

3. Surface plane one face so there is a good surface to

 

 

 

 

 

 

its length.

position against the fence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. It may take 3 to 5 passes to achieve a perfect edge,

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Insufficient number of passes.

depending on the starting condition of the board and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the depth of cut.

 

 

 

 

Cuts aren't square.

 

1. Fence is not perpendicular to the tables.

1. Recalibrate the 90° fence stop (Page 40).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall

cut

quality

is

1. Infeed and outfeed tables are not parallel

1. Recalibrate the jointer in this order:

poor; inconsistent snipe

with each other.

a. Set the infeed and outfeed tables parallel with

problems;

or

consis-

 

each other (Page 36).

tent

difficulty

feeding

 

 

b. Set the knives (Page 33).

workpiece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c. Set the outfeed table height to the knives (Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. Calibrate the fence stops (Page 40).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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