DJ-20 Fence Adjustment
John Grossbohlin
I finally have a complete, intact, DJ-20... but that saga has been mentioned
previously!
Anyhow, is the bottom edge of the fence supposed to rest on the outfeed
table when set at 90 degrees? There is a machined section on the bottom of
the outfeed end of the fence that is lower than the ends of the fence. There
doesn't seem to be any way to keep it up off the table. Thus the fence will
leave scratches on the outfeed table as the fence is moved across the table.
There is no mention of an adjustment for this in the manual...
Thanks for any insight you can offer on this situation.
John
Robert Krecak
Had the same problem with my DJ20. I simply removed the fence, sanded the
part that projects very smooth, waxed everything and reinstalled the fence.
Haven't had a problem since.
Bob Krecak
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George
Worked for me.
"Robert Krecak" <rkr...@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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> John,
> Had the same problem with my DJ20. I simply removed the fence, sanded the
> part that projects very smooth, waxed everything and reinstalled the
fence.
> Haven't had a problem since.
>
> Bob Krecak
> "John Grossbohlin" <nospam_...@ulster.net> wrote in message
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Phisherman
My fence (at 90 degrees) does not touch the outfeed table. You should
be able to slide a piece of paper on the outfeed table and the paper
not touch the fence. You may need to do some fine adjustments to
correct this. Once tuned up, the DJ-20 usually stays that way but I
test the fence for squareness every time anyway.
Walt Novinger
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I just got my DJ-20 and there is a slight gap between the fence and the
tables...no contact with the tables at all.
I do, however, see a lot of "slop" in the pivots upon which the fence is
mounted when the cam lock is loose. The holes thru which the two rods
pass are considerably larger than the rods. Are all DJ-20 fences made
like this? The fence is quite stable and tight when locked, but I would
have expected closer tolerances on the pivots.
Walt
Lazarus Long
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>Or lower the outfeed table?
>
But if you lowered the outfeed table, wouldn't that put it out of
proper alignment with the knives resulting in tapering the work being
passed over the machine?
If that's the case, it might be better to be sure the table is located
correctly to the knives and sand the projection on the fence as need
be to clear that table.
George
knives. Of course you must lower the knives if you lower the table.
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gustav
Personally, I do think that if the Delta engineers were to take all
the suggestions that we woodworkers offer them and made the
modifications then they would have one heck of a product for the
money. They could never equal or even come close to a Northfield
jointer or Tannewitz saw but the improvements would make their
products a heck of a lot better. Their quality control has a lot to
be desired. I owned a DJ-20 and sold it for a Northfield. I liked it
for the money but the fence was a piece of crap though. A few
modifications such as regrinding the fence flat and improving the
fence holding system then made it a good tool.
John Grossbohlin
"Phisherman" <nob...@noone.com> wrote in message
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Can you suggest what adjustments to try? If the fence isn't sitting on the
table that when I adjust it to 90 degrees when I change the fence angle and
then go back to 90 the fence ends up touching the table and isn't at 90
degrees. It should be noted that I had to take the fence itself off the
adjustment mechanism in order to replace the tilt scale. Thus it is possible
that I didn't position something correctly.
The tilt scale was smashed in shipping and it snagged the pointer and broke
it off... The bigger problem though was that the rabiting ledge wasn't
machined correctly and if I tightened it it bound on the cutter head block.
The replacement's mounting edge was 3/32" thicker than the one that came
with the jointer!
Thanks,
John
Preston Andreas
thing that helps is to make sure that part of the fence, I guess you could
call it a tang, is completely in contact with the outfeed table. This meant
loosening the fence bracket attached to the main body and twisting it a
little so it made full contact. It did help somewhat. So yes, it should
contact completely with the outfeed table.
Preston
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John Grossbohlin
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> I had a problem with the fence not staying at 90 °. Tech at Delta said
one
> thing that helps is to make sure that part of the fence, I guess you could
> call it a tang, is completely in contact with the outfeed table. This
meant
> loosening the fence bracket attached to the main body and twisting it a
> little so it made full contact. It did help somewhat. So yes, it should
> contact completely with the outfeed table.
>
Preston,
Well, I guess that is the piece of theory that was missing... The bottom of
the fence seems to be designed to ride on the table but it isn't finished
very smooth so it scratches the table. I guess it's time for the mill file!
My old 6" jointer had a fence system that held the fence completely off the
table and that is what I thought should be going on with the DJ-20... bad
assumption!
Thanks,
John