drnewton
07-05-2008, 11:00 PM
Yay! I got it out! Thanks for everyone's help!
Here's what happened--I tried using the screw extractor, but couldn't get it to seat in the bored hole. After two days of pouting, I went back out to the shop and tried boring deeper. Still no dice.
I then tried it on a scrap piece of wood and the extractor sat perfectly fine in that hole. So I tried again. And the head of the screw snapped off, releasing the wedge! (There didn't appear to be any damage to the wedge.)
Now I was stuck with just the shaft of the screw. I ran out to the hardware store and sprayed the whole cutter assembly with penetrating oil and let it set for an hour. Came back and after a hard turn with the pliers it came out by hand.
I took the whole jointer apart and cleaned it all up. Put it all back together with the new knives (minus one screw in one wedge) and gave it a whirl tonight. Seemed to be in working order.
Thanks everyone!
Here's what happened--I tried using the screw extractor, but couldn't get it to seat in the bored hole. After two days of pouting, I went back out to the shop and tried boring deeper. Still no dice.
I then tried it on a scrap piece of wood and the extractor sat perfectly fine in that hole. So I tried again. And the head of the screw snapped off, releasing the wedge! (There didn't appear to be any damage to the wedge.)
Now I was stuck with just the shaft of the screw. I ran out to the hardware store and sprayed the whole cutter assembly with penetrating oil and let it set for an hour. Came back and after a hard turn with the pliers it came out by hand.
I took the whole jointer apart and cleaned it all up. Put it all back together with the new knives (minus one screw in one wedge) and gave it a whirl tonight. Seemed to be in working order.
Thanks everyone!