I have just received my new jointer and am in the process of setup, but am having a problem with adjusting the outfeed table. I loosened off both jam nuts and table lock lever and when I turn the handwheel it moves just a small amount before encountering significant resistance in both directions. Almost feels like I'm running up against a stop. I would not be worried except I can't lower the table to the height of the cutter knives. I am trying to do the procedure to check for parallelism. It says to lower the table so that a straightedge just touches to cutterhead body. With the spiral head it would seem ok to use the knife edges as references, since they are not adjustable, but I can't get the table to the knife edge height, nevermind to the body of the cutterhead. If you have this machine I would really appreciate your advice. Am I just missing something obvious?
Thanks for your help.
Hans Braul