Trouble, trouble and more trouble

Would this be what you are looking for?

http://media.ptg-online.com/media/dm/Articles/FAQs/JointerTableAdjustmentProcedureforJointerswithParrallelogramTables/20040123145450_J05.pdf

—Gerry

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

YEAH i ALREADY HAD THIS BUT THANKS THAT WAS NICE OF YOU TO HELP. NOW i NEED TO BUY A NEW JOINTER WHAT TO BUY?

-- Ive cut this board three times and its still too short?

Doing some internet searching reveals that you are not the only person to have this problem, but you are in company when it comes to not finding a resolution, I’m sorry to say.

I did run across a post on another WW site where a frequent poster says he owns a DJ30. Here is the link for the posting – you may need to scroll down a bit to find his specific post on the forum thread. Perhaps he would be kind enough to assist you?

DJ30Posting

Best of luck!!

Chad

I had a 12” jointer for awhile. It had flip up tables so that introduced
some error. In the end, I didn’t ask it to work magic. When face
jointing, I expected straight and flat out of a wide board 4 or 5 feet
long, but facing longer boards usually meant a bit of going back and
forth from jointer to workbench where I would work the corners or
other trouble spots with a hand plane.

Taking material off one face of a board will cause it to distort – I usually
rough joint one face, set it aside for a day, then come back and joint
it to get the twist out, corners even with winding sticks and hunt down
bulges in the middle that would throw-off the planer. Then I run the
board through the planer, but not really hogging off a whole lot – I’m
looking to see if I can get the board to plane down without twisting.
A little bowing is okay but I want to get cupping and twist under control -
or at least gain insight into the character and potential of the individual
board.

I set the board aside for another day or two and then maybe plane it
down a bit more, maybe working it a bit with a hand plane or with
the jointer. Once I get an idea about the stability of each board,
I know which will likely make it to the final cut for longer pieces and
which will need to be broken up for smaller use.

The point? Well, A jointer won’t make wood behave. Your jointer
may not be too badly out of whack, but even if it is, the important thing
is to observe the wood and correct problems as you go through the
milling process.

My 12” jointer had some problems but I learned to work around them
and do good work with it anyway.