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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
"Darrell Dorsey" wrote in message
I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. Owen Lowe used to offer/sell them but, IIRC, he quit doing so a year or so ago. Might trying pinging him here for advice. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 7/30/06 |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
I sent him an email already.
Thanks, Darrell "Swingman" wrote in message ... "Darrell Dorsey" wrote in message I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. Owen Lowe used to offer/sell them but, IIRC, he quit doing so a year or so ago. Might trying pinging him here for advice. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 7/30/06 |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:07:05 -0500, "Darrell Dorsey"
wrote: I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. ----- Darrell I dont understand the "Type" Mine is a 557 and the ID Plate says it is a Type 3 What is the significance of the type rating? Thanks, J |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
"Joe Bemier" wrote in message ... On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:07:05 -0500, "Darrell Dorsey" wrote: I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. ----- Darrell I dont understand the "Type" Mine is a 557 and the ID Plate says it is a Type 3 What is the significance of the type rating? J, This site will explain the differences better than I can: http://www.huntfamily.com/pc557.cfm Darrell |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
Darrell Dorsey wrote:
I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. Obvious way to make a shim is to cut it out of a soda can. If you need thicker than that then just about any decent hobby shop has aluminum and brass sheet stock in a variety of thicknesses. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:18:19 -0500, "Darrell Dorsey"
wrote: "Joe Bemier" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:07:05 -0500, "Darrell Dorsey" wrote: I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. ----- Darrell I dont understand the "Type" Mine is a 557 and the ID Plate says it is a Type 3 What is the significance of the type rating? J, This site will explain the differences better than I can: http://www.huntfamily.com/pc557.cfm Darrell Thanks, Darrell - Interesting...learn something new everyday. The site says: *If you have Type 3 the fence is fixed* So, I guess I bought the right one w/o knowing I was doing so. J |
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Shim for Porter Cable 557 Biscuit Joiner
"J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Darrell Dorsey wrote: I recently scored a good deal on a PC 5557 biscuit joiner. Unfortunately it is a Type 2. I have some ideas for making a shim, but if any of you can pass on some ideas of how you made your shim, it would be appreciated. Obvious way to make a shim is to cut it out of a soda can. If you need thicker than that then just about any decent hobby shop has aluminum and brass sheet stock in a variety of thicknesses. The shim is needed for fence alignment on the face. I guess I wasn't clear, in that I was asking the question to those who'd done the procedure on their Type 2 557 joiners. I was interested to know how people that made their own attached them to the face, and what kind of sandpaper did they use. I made one for already, so I'm all set now. I removed the anti-skid on the face and measured a gap of .0426 with feeler gauges. I sat the joiner face on my scanner bed and made a copy (template). My local hobby shop had some 0.04 polystyrene material. I had some nice heavy duty double stick tape from Rockler. I also picked up some 120 grit 6" PSA disk. The stick on the disk seemed pretty strong. I cut out the template, and temp glued it to the styrene. Cut out the styrene with some scissors. Then applied and trimmed out the tape and sand paper. Finally I applied this to the face of the jointer. I didn't trim out the slot. I let the joiner do that with a few test cuts. So I now have a sort of zero clearance working on the cutting slot. The finished shim is now slightly proud of the fence. I think this is going to work great. Darrell |
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