I had a friend with a roll back help me go get the new/old jointer. Boy was that the way to haul a jointer.
It has a pretty good amount of surface rust, but there is really minimal pitting. The cutter head is the 4 knife version. The head and blades are pretty rough. I'll have to remove the head and electrolysis it.
The bearings are enclosed ball bearings as I hoped. You can see the oil cups on each end. The bearings appear to be in perfect shape. The cutterhead turns extremely free. I am totally shocked with how free it is. It appears I won't need to replace any bearings.
I put in a little time to removing some rust to see what I'll have. It going to clean up nicely!!!
It will take me a few weeks to get all the old paint off it and get everything cleaned up, but it looks to be a very good buy.
Thanks,
John
It has a pretty good amount of surface rust, but there is really minimal pitting. The cutter head is the 4 knife version. The head and blades are pretty rough. I'll have to remove the head and electrolysis it.
The bearings are enclosed ball bearings as I hoped. You can see the oil cups on each end. The bearings appear to be in perfect shape. The cutterhead turns extremely free. I am totally shocked with how free it is. It appears I won't need to replace any bearings.
I put in a little time to removing some rust to see what I'll have. It going to clean up nicely!!!
It will take me a few weeks to get all the old paint off it and get everything cleaned up, but it looks to be a very good buy.
Thanks,
John