DJ-20 help needed.

[Alan in Little Washington]

Anyone ever take the infeed table off of a Delta DJ-20 jointer? I think I have a problem with one of the parallelogram supports on the cutter end and want to remove the table to check it out?

 

[Monty]

I have never done this, but I'd be interested in your findings. What is the problem you're having?

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

I have never done this, but I'd be interested in your findings. What is the problem you're having?

With table locked, when I lift up on the end of the infeed table there is movement, a little play that may be affecting alignment of the infeed table. When I got the jointer a few years back I had a little accident unloading it. At the time I didn't think there was any damage, but later I found a small piece of cast iron, that looks like it broke off of something, laying in the driveway. It has half a hole in it, looks like half a pillow block. After noticing the play in the infeed table I am wondering if the piece may be one end of a parallelogram arm or mechanism. The exploded art for the DJ-20 doesn't show that mechanism.

 

[Monty]

Yikes! I hope it's nothing serious. I don't know of any info on the net on this, other than the exploded art on the Delta web site, which it sounds like you already have... good luck!

 

[NCPete]

Alan, it sounds like you may have to sell this DJ-20 dirt cheep, considering it is now a broken hunk, just waiting for the scrap heap. I volunteer to take it off your hands! :lol:

 

[Travis Porter]

I have the DJ20, but I do not have any play in mine. It does sound like you broke something as you say. Fortunately, I have not had to take mine apart.

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

I have the DJ20, but I do not have any play in mine. It does sound like you broke something as you say. Fortunately, I have not had to take mine apart.

I works well enough to finish the workbench, but after that's done I'm going to take a break and first clean the shop and finally putting everything away. then I'm going to take some time to do some machine tune ups. I have several that could use a check-up and tune up, and some that I want to do modifications to.