a brand new Delta DJ20 X5 Jointer,
This is to replace my GeneralInternational 6"...

is there anything I should be aware before installing it?

TIA

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\\Mike
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:05:00 -0500, "Mike"
wrote:

a brand new Delta DJ20 X5 Jointer,
This is to replace my GeneralInternational 6"...

is there anything I should be aware before installing it?

TIA


Get a strong friend to help place the jointer on the base and don't
drop it on your toes! A roll of paper towels will help remove the
coating.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:05:00 -0500, "Mike"
wrote:

a brand new Delta DJ20 X5 Jointer,
This is to replace my GeneralInternational 6"...

is there anything I should be aware before installing it?

My non-X5 DJ20 went together well. Unless you own an engine lift or
fork lift, get plenty of help to place the bed on the stand. We did
it with two big, strong guys and it was a struggle.

Other than a missing pulley, belt, belt shroud and push blocks, I
can't remember any real gotchas during assembly. Mine was dead flat
and coplanar out of the box, the only adjustments needed involved the
fence tilt stop pins.

Barry

Other than a missing pulley, belt, belt shroud and push blocks, I
can't remember any real gotchas during assembly

well, this is not what I call good news :-(

Unless you own an engine lift or
fork lift, get plenty of help to place the bed on the stand. We did
it with two big, strong guys and it was a struggle.

well we will be 2 small and obviously, not so strong guy...I guess I will
need somebody else :-(

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\\Mike

hey Mike:
Congratulations!!! A DJ 20 8" Jointer.....nothing says I love you like
cast iron....Is this your birthday or what? Did you buy the mobile
base?

Mike from American Sycamore

It's very heavy! Enjoy your new tool!


"Mike" wrote in message
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a brand new Delta DJ20 X5 Jointer,
This is to replace my GeneralInternational 6"...

is there anything I should be aware before installing it?

TIA

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\\Mike
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:57:04 -0500, "Mike"
wrote:


Other than a missing pulley, belt, belt shroud and push blocks, I
can't remember any real gotchas during assembly

well, this is not what I call good news :-(

At least it's an obvious and easily solved problem.

well we will be 2 small and obviously, not so strong guy...I guess I will
need somebody else :-(

The two of us (6'1" - 230 & 6'6" 250-260) were able to lift the top.
The complications arise when lining up the bolt holes. More muscle =
more control. You don't want to be sliding things around, as the
paint on the top of the cabinet will get scratched. Lining things up
was not easy for us, 4 guys would have worked well.

If you're using a mobile base, try to have it ready before you
assemble things, otherwise you'll have to lift the top, base AND the
motor. Mine's not mobile, so I forgot to mention this in my other
message.

Barry

Thanks

It is part of my birtday gift: to me from me :-)
I already have a mobile base...I will take the router and sell it (I already
have a Bosch combo kit and a PC7518)

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It's monstrously heavy. An engine hoist or a couple of large men to
lift onto it's stand is recommended.

What I assembled mine, my son (15) and I lifted it. It was mistake to
that, but that's water under the bridge now. Seriously, you can hurt
yourself. Be careful.

Other than that, it's a wonderful machine. I know you'll like it.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:05:00 -0500, "Mike"
wrote:

a brand new Delta DJ20 X5 Jointer,
This is to replace my GeneralInternational 6"...

is there anything I should be aware before installing it?

TIA

Mike wrote:
is there anything I should be aware before installing it?


Don't lick the knives.

UA100

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:31:35 GMT, Unisaw A100
wrote:

Don't lick the knives.

UA100

So Mr. Smartypants, how do YOU shave your tongue?


Barry

Don't lick the knives.

UA100

this is good, never thought I shouldn't...I wonder if they warn the owner
against it?

:-P

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\\Mike

Ba r r y wrote:

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:31:35 GMT, Unisaw A100
wrote:

Don't lick the knives.

UA100

So Mr. Smartypants, how do YOU shave your tongue?

SWMBO's Lady Bic. It's pink. My tongue is pink. Just makes sense to me.

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:23:38 GMT, Ba r r y wrote:

The two of us (6'1" - 230 & 6'6" 250-260) were able to lift the top.
The complications arise when lining up the bolt holes. More muscle =
more control. You don't want to be sliding things around, as the
paint on the top of the cabinet will get scratched. Lining things up
was not easy for us, 4 guys would have worked well.

I am a 180 -pound weakling, and I put mine together virtually alone. I rigged
six big pulleys and nice, heavy rope as a lift. I hung (hanged?) that from one
of the lam beams in my basement. While I hauled on the loose rope end, SWMBO
used her dainty fingers to keep the thing from swinging around.

Lining up the top meant lowering the jointer to within 1/4-inch of the base
cabinet, and locking off the rope. Got a couple of the bolts just started,
then lowered the jointer the last 1/4-inch.

If you're using a mobile base, try to have it ready before you
assemble things, otherwise you'll have to lift the top, base AND the
motor. Mine's not mobile, so I forgot to mention this in my other
message.

Yeah, well, my mobile base didn't arrive till *after* I had assembled the
jointer. So back to the pulleys ...

But really, that setup worked great.

--
Art Greenberg
artg AT eclipse DOT net

Ba r r y wrote:
So Mr. Smartypants, how do YOU shave your tongue?


oh! That must be why I'm always finding hair in my food?

UA100

good idea to use pulleys....


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\\Mike

I'm not 180 and about average strength and I assembled mine alone. I
basically used leverage and platforms to raise it up bit by bit till I got
it to the proper height. Then I slid the base on it's wheels underneath and
bolted it all together.

I don't recommend this, I did it because I'm stubburn and didn't want to
wait for help to arrive. Do becarefull of your back, it is heavy. I cheated,
SWMBO is a chiropractor, hahaha.

Bernie

"Art Greenberg" wrote in message
ink.net...
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:23:38 GMT, Ba r r y wrote:

The two of us (6'1" - 230 & 6'6" 250-260) were able to lift the top.
The complications arise when lining up the bolt holes. More muscle =
more control. You don't want to be sliding things around, as the
paint on the top of the cabinet will get scratched. Lining things up
was not easy for us, 4 guys would have worked well.

I am a 180 -pound weakling, and I put mine together virtually alone. I
rigged
six big pulleys and nice, heavy rope as a lift. I hung (hanged?) that from
one
of the lam beams in my basement. While I hauled on the loose rope end,
SWMBO
used her dainty fingers to keep the thing from swinging around.

Lining up the top meant lowering the jointer to within 1/4-inch of the
base
cabinet, and locking off the rope. Got a couple of the bolts just started,
then lowered the jointer the last 1/4-inch.

If you're using a mobile base, try to have it ready before you
assemble things, otherwise you'll have to lift the top, base AND the
motor. Mine's not mobile, so I forgot to mention this in my other
message.

Yeah, well, my mobile base didn't arrive till *after* I had assembled the
jointer. So back to the pulleys ...

But really, that setup worked great.

--
Art Greenberg
artg AT eclipse DOT net