ST1006/ST1011 8" Jointer (Mfd. Since 3/16)
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Black Lines Represent
Straightedge Positions
from Overhead View
Figure 60. Straightedge positions for checking
infeed/outfeed parallelism.
4. Place the straightedge in the positions shown
in Figure 60. 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.
Straightedge
Outfeed Table
Infeed Table
Figure 59. 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
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 fol-
lowed those steps.
To check the infeed table parallelism:
1. Follow all the steps for checking the outfeed
table parallelism to first make sure that the
outfeed table is parallel with the cutterhead.
2. Raise the outfeed table higher than the
cutterhead.
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 59.
