Hi people,
I've had my jointer, an ultra-budget Delta 37-285 6-incher, almost a
year. The motor bearings are going out. I didn't hear the telltale
noise, since I can't hear a Lockheed 1011 anyway. When my SWMBO
pointed it out, it was already pretty far gone, very rough and emits a
metal-on-metal noise, according to SWMBO..
Anyway, the machine was a poorly designed early model.For instance in
use, the belt quickly shredded itself against its protective housing.
In a few days of use, before I caught on! It was improperly adjusted
and a design flaw did the job on the belt.
So, I think it's a piece o' junk, it works, that's all one can say for
it. It's small, which is what I need.
If I take it back and convince Delta to "work on it", they will
replace poorly designed parts with new, poorly designed parts, so
maybe I should look for a new motor as good as or better than the old
one??
Or toss it and get a Griz (for instance)?
James
[email protected]
http://jcanning.breck.org
James notes:
>
>So, I think it's a piece o' junk, it works, that's all one can say for
>it. It's small, which is what I need.
>
>If I take it back and convince Delta to "work on it", they will
>replace poorly designed parts with new, poorly designed parts, so
>maybe I should look for a new motor as good as or better than the old
>one??
>
>Or toss it and get a Griz (for instance)?
First, try Delta. Who knows. They might even agree iwth your about the poor
design and do some truly reconstructive surgery on the jointer. They might not,
too, but you'll never know unless you try.
Charlie Self
"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
Alexander Hamilton
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:31:19 GMT, "Myxylplyk" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Jim,
>
>What did Jackson Saw say when you told them about this?
>They are the local Delta service reps.
>
>Myx
Hi Myx,
I bought it from Woodworker's Warehouse which, as you must know, is in
the last few weeks of its life.
Actually I found out from taking the jointer apart, that the dang
motor was fine. The link belt had stretched and possibly the motor
bolts loosened, such that the motor shaft was leaning heavily on a
piece of metal that closed the motor shaft cutout in the side.
Said piece of metal was bent and somewhat ground away at the point of
contact. My SWMBO didn't have the experience, and I didn't have the
ears, to notice this-
I removed one link from the belt and tightened the motor bolts and it
feels smooth as heck now.
Except now the damfino on/off switch doesn;t work. AAaugh!
James
[email protected]
http://jcanning.breck.org
Jim,
What did Jackson Saw say when you told them about this?
They are the local Delta service reps.
Myx
"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi people,
>
> I've had my jointer, an ultra-budget Delta 37-285 6-incher, almost a
> year. The motor bearings are going out. I didn't hear the telltale
> noise, since I can't hear a Lockheed 1011 anyway. When my SWMBO
> pointed it out, it was already pretty far gone, very rough and emits a
> metal-on-metal noise, according to SWMBO..
>
> Anyway, the machine was a poorly designed early model.For instance in
> use, the belt quickly shredded itself against its protective housing.
> In a few days of use, before I caught on! It was improperly adjusted
> and a design flaw did the job on the belt.
>
> So, I think it's a piece o' junk, it works, that's all one can say for
> it. It's small, which is what I need.
>
> If I take it back and convince Delta to "work on it", they will
> replace poorly designed parts with new, poorly designed parts, so
> maybe I should look for a new motor as good as or better than the old
> one??
>
> Or toss it and get a Griz (for instance)?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>
do a quick feasibility study : ^ )
price out motors. call a local motor repair shop and see if they have
anything rebuilt to sell you. look at grizzly and harbor freight's
websites. check ebay.
figure on replacing the pulleys while you're at it. get machined steel
pulleys and a quality belt. make sure the pulleys are locked to the
shaft well.
consider how much time you want to put into this machine, and balance
that against the setup and tuning time you'd have to put into
something new.
Bridger
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:31:05 -0500, brocpuffs <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Hi people,
>
>I've had my jointer, an ultra-budget Delta 37-285 6-incher, almost a
>year. The motor bearings are going out. I didn't hear the telltale
>noise, since I can't hear a Lockheed 1011 anyway. When my SWMBO
>pointed it out, it was already pretty far gone, very rough and emits a
>metal-on-metal noise, according to SWMBO..
>
>Anyway, the machine was a poorly designed early model.For instance in
>use, the belt quickly shredded itself against its protective housing.
>In a few days of use, before I caught on! It was improperly adjusted
>and a design flaw did the job on the belt.
>
>So, I think it's a piece o' junk, it works, that's all one can say for
>it. It's small, which is what I need.
>
>If I take it back and convince Delta to "work on it", they will
>replace poorly designed parts with new, poorly designed parts, so
>maybe I should look for a new motor as good as or better than the old
>one??
>
>Or toss it and get a Griz (for instance)?
>
>James
>[email protected]
>http://jcanning.breck.org