All Replies on Just picked up a Delta DJ-20

i have the same one
a real joy to use

you are in luck
for years they didn’t have a helix cutter for this
but in the last year they finally came out with one
(i still dream of one)

got myself a little toy 4” one too
for smaller pieces
the tables are closer together in it

great price
enjoy

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Congrats, that is one heck of a jointer, byrd shelix head you will love it…. I have one on my PM60 and it is great. Get a chip change a edge and move on….. A lot quieter as well…..

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Are you sure that one isn’t too small for ya? Looks great.

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Wow! A very nice machine. You’ll luv it. I see that Ryobi planer in the background is the same one I have

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congrats on a gloatable buy. definately rates a “you suck”.

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That’s a very nice catch!

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Curious if anyone knows about the wiring. I was going to put a new cord on and currently I have a nema 6-50p outlet that I had for a welder and I wanted to use that outlet to plug into, so I’m at lowes right now looking to put a 25’ cord wired into the machine, but is it standard 3 wire, white, black, green on this motor? Might be a dumb question but I didn’t look before I left. I was going to go with 10/3 or 12/3 wire. Is that correct?

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

for a 25’ cord go with the 10/3

Ok, perfect. I bought 25 feet of 10/3 wire and will hopefully have it all hooked up by tonight so I can get the blades changed out and set and tune it up, although I don’t believe it needs much. Should I be worried about the slight dip in both the infeed and outfeed tables? It’s just in the middle of both and it’s only .0035” on one and .002” on the other? It doesn’t sound like much to me, but with a straight edge, there’s slight light under each middle section. My old craftsman jointer had completely flat tables with absolutely no light. I’m sure with the delta being moved from different places over time and people picking up on the long end that it might have caused that to slightly get out of flat. Is it big enough to worry about?

Infeed:

Outfeed:

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

Greg, you stole that one. I guess you noticed that it is the invicta ! Premium for sure ! Nice grab.

Nice job getting the jointer! That was a great deal, looks like it will be a nice machine. My jointer infeed, and outfeed tables aren’t flat either. I’m not sure if it’s a big deal, hopefully not because if it’s a big deal, you and I will be in trouble!

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I’m guessing as long as the they are coplanar on the 4 corners, it should be as good as it’s going to get. I’m going to double check it tonight and then change the blades with my OneWay guage which is the best tool ever for changing blades. When I save up a little more, I’m going to jump on the Byrd head. I already ordered the bearings to have for when i do. haha!

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

I have one of these and it’s excellent. I would just mention these things:

1. When I got mine years ago, the fence was warped and I had to ask for another one. It came right away with no discussion, so this must have been a known problem.

2. The only change I made in mine was to install a magnetic starter instead of the regular switch, so that the machine would not start by itself if the power failed and came back on. I think a quality jointer should have come with one but they don’t.

3. I don’t see the guard in your photos.

I checked a few sites (http://www.happywoodworking.com/DJ20adjustments.html) and anything below .008” of in inch is within spec for that jointer in regards to table flatness. The largest gap I had between the straight edge and the largest gap in the either table was .0025” so we are more than good on that. That made me feel better. I haven’t checked the fence just yet, but it seemed pretty flat to me.

I spent a couple hours last night getting the tables back in order and coplanar to each other. The one end on the infeed table was higher on the furthest end from I’m sure where it’s been lifted to move, so I adjusted that using the methods on that website and I think I got it pretty good. We shall see, but it seemed that i was able to get it within less than .001” within coplanar which is good enough for me. I got my first new blade set this morning with the 15 minutes I had before work, and just two more to go.

Right now it has a 5” dust chute on it which is tough to find reducers for, so I think I’m going to take that off and bolt a 4” connection to it that came with dust collector starter kit.I also changed the current plug in wire on it to a 10/3 gauge wire and made it 25’ long so I can move to a different area of the garage without having to worry about the distance.

I do have the guard, I had just taken it off to do table adjustments and change the blades. All in all, I’m very pleased so far. I’m anxious to use it and see how it does once it’s all tuned up with new blades. It should be a world of difference from my 36” in total length 6” Wide 1/2 HP old craftsman jointer that I have. Served me well to get me started, but it was far from great.

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com

I also just purchased the Byrd head so I’ll install that as soon as it comes! I’m excited! Is installing the bearings something that Holbren will do for you? Does anyone know?

-- Greg, Owner, Quality Carpet One, www.qualitycarpetonecrofton.com