Recently bought the Rikon 6" jointer that is on sale at Woodcraft. Got it
assembled and hit the on switch. The machine immediately threw the belt off
of the motor pulley. Checked to make sure the pullleys are lined up and they
appeared OK. I have adjusted the tension and tried realigning the pulleys
and I always get the same results, the belt comes off. It uses the ribbed
belt and each pulley has two diameters so you can change speeds.
This happened about 9:00 lst night and I didn't feel like sopending a lot of
time playing with it. Haven't touched it this morning yet. Any suggestions
from the group?
Oswin
The cutter head is not locked. To lock the head you insert a tool that looks
simila to a scratch awl into the head. I turned the head when I was
checking the height of the blades. When I turn the machine on the head will
spin before it throws off the belt. One time it went all of 10-15m seconds
before the belt came off.
Oswin
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "oswin556" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >Recently bought the Rikon 6" jointer that is on sale at Woodcraft. Got it
> >assembled and hit the on switch. The machine immediately threw the belt
off
> >of the motor pulley. Checked to make sure the pullleys are lined up and
they
> >appeared OK. I have adjusted the tension and tried realigning the pulleys
> >and I always get the same results, the belt comes off. It uses the ribbed
> >belt and each pulley has two diameters so you can change speeds.
> >
> >This happened about 9:00 lst night and I didn't feel like sopending a lot
of
> >time playing with it. Haven't touched it this morning yet. Any
suggestions
> >from the group?
>
> According to Woodcraft.com, this jointer has a locking cutter head. I'll
bet
> it was locked for shipping at the factory -- and is still locked.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
In article <[email protected]>, "oswin556" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Recently bought the Rikon 6" jointer that is on sale at Woodcraft. Got it
>assembled and hit the on switch. The machine immediately threw the belt off
>of the motor pulley. Checked to make sure the pullleys are lined up and they
>appeared OK. I have adjusted the tension and tried realigning the pulleys
>and I always get the same results, the belt comes off. It uses the ribbed
>belt and each pulley has two diameters so you can change speeds.
>
>This happened about 9:00 lst night and I didn't feel like sopending a lot of
>time playing with it. Haven't touched it this morning yet. Any suggestions
>from the group?
According to Woodcraft.com, this jointer has a locking cutter head. I'll bet
it was locked for shipping at the factory -- and is still locked.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Problem is solved. The pulleys were not lined up. I had moved the jointer on
the base as far as it would go last night. Today I moved the motor on its
mounts and was able to line them up. It was hard getting a good line of
sight on the pulleys. Bad lighting and being at the end of a long week
didn't help either. Thanks.
Oswin
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:18:51 -0500, "oswin556" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >This happened about 9:00 lst night and I didn't feel like sopending a lot
of
> >time playing with it. Haven't touched it this morning yet. Any
suggestions
> >from the group?
>
> Is there any end play in either shaft? With the power off, try to
> pull each shaft in and out from the end.
>
> Is either pulley loose?
>
> Are both shafts parallel on all planes? (looking down at them, from
> the sides, from the ends)
>
> Do both pulleys appear to run true when spinning at varying speeds,
> with no wobble of the belt vee? When a pulley running without a belt,
> the edges should stay sharply focused and not appear to be moving when
> viewed looking into the vee, like an H. Vary the speeds if you have
> fluorescent lighting, to counteract strobe effects.
>
> Do the shafts appear to be standing still when viewed from the end and
> running? If not, a shaft may be bent. Many shafts have an
> indentation in the end from the manufacturing process that makes this
> easy to see. Vary the speed, as above.
>
> Does the belt have any cuts or foreign matter that could force it out
> of the vee?
>
> How did you determine proper belt tension?
>
> With no belt installed, does the motor run nice and smooth, with no
> vibration?
>
> Is the belt "right-side-in"?
>
> Sorry if some of this seems obvious, but I hope it helps!
>
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:18:51 -0500, "oswin556" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>This happened about 9:00 lst night and I didn't feel like sopending a lot of
>time playing with it. Haven't touched it this morning yet. Any suggestions
>from the group?
Is there any end play in either shaft? With the power off, try to
pull each shaft in and out from the end.
Is either pulley loose?
Are both shafts parallel on all planes? (looking down at them, from
the sides, from the ends)
Do both pulleys appear to run true when spinning at varying speeds,
with no wobble of the belt vee? When a pulley running without a belt,
the edges should stay sharply focused and not appear to be moving when
viewed looking into the vee, like an H. Vary the speeds if you have
fluorescent lighting, to counteract strobe effects.
Do the shafts appear to be standing still when viewed from the end and
running? If not, a shaft may be bent. Many shafts have an
indentation in the end from the manufacturing process that makes this
easy to see. Vary the speed, as above.
Does the belt have any cuts or foreign matter that could force it out
of the vee?
How did you determine proper belt tension?
With no belt installed, does the motor run nice and smooth, with no
vibration?
Is the belt "right-side-in"?
Sorry if some of this seems obvious, but I hope it helps!
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:34:43 -0500, "oswin556" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Problem is solved.
Great!
> Bad lighting and being at the end of a long week
>didn't help either.
It never does! <G>
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