I recently purchased a few older machines, a powermatic model 60 jointer and a 141 bandsaw. According to the lady, she got them from an old woodworker friend that didnt use them anymore. She told me they hadnt been run since about 1990. Anyway, they had been sitting in her old detached garage becoming intimate with the local mouse population. So, they had a nice coating of rust on all the tables and fences, and any other exposed surface. My plans are to do a heavy clean up/very minor restoration and get them working as soon as possible. Cleaned up the tables and fence, and they turned out fine, with a nice old machine patina which I am fine with. They are smooth and flat and will work well. So I removed the cutterhead, which was rusty and gunked up, and decided to replace the bearings. When I reinstalled, I noticed that the edge of the rabbeting ledge does not line up with the edge of the cutterhead. Also, there is slight (less than 1/32nd) side to side play in the cutterhead. Does anyone have an older model 60 that they could look at and see if their cutterhead lines up with the rabbeting ledge or if there is any side to side play in the cutterhead? This might be difficult with the belt attached. Unfortunately, I did not take many "before" pictures, so I dont know if this is how it was when I bought them.
Thanks
Drew
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