"tom" wrote

I have an 8" chiwanese jointer, and one of the knife gibs' threads
seems to have stripped out. There are 5 gib screws on the piece, and
the stripped one is on the outboard end. Naturally, I'd prefer not to
run the machine without all the keepers properly in place. Any and all
ideas would be very appreciated. Tom

First thing I'd try is to ream it with the same size tap in the hopes that
may fix it ... sometimes worth a shot. Next would be to find a size larger
gib screw and tap if for that.

Strangely enough, I'm waiting, as we speak, for a hardware store to open to
try and find a 1/4", 20 threads to the inch, gib screw to fix a similar
problem, although not on a jointer.

Good luck ...

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