If you’re planning to purchase any used woodworking equipment or machinery from any of the many sources available on the used machinery market, there are several important points to carefully examine on the machine before you make the purchase. Keep in mind: If there is any way we can assist you in evaluating your existing […]
Consistent, invisible glue joints are the whole point of tapeless veneer splicing — and when something goes wrong, the defect usually shows up immediately and costs material. Most splicer issues come down to one of a handful of root causes: pressure bar and heater bar adjustment, feed chain wear, jointer condition, glue application, or moisture […]
When a straight line rip saw stops producing consistent cuts, the root cause is almost always mechanical — worn feed chains, misaligned pressure bars, deflected blades, or a stock guide that’s drifted out of adjustment. This guide walks through the four most common symptoms we see on rip saws in the field, with a diagnostic […]
A well-maintained wood throughfeed moulder will produce consistent, glue-line quality finishes for decades. A poorly maintained one will cost you in burned parts, chatter marks, snipes, and eventually unplanned downtime as spindle bearings fail or drive components wear out prematurely. The two biggest drivers of long-term reliability on any through feed moulder are consistent lubrication […]
Consistent veneer splicing quality depends on two things working together: a properly adjusted splicer, and a maintenance program that keeps every moving part running clean and true. Missed lubrication intervals show up quickly as increased chain wear, feed roll drag, and heater bar misalignment — all of which translate into overlapping joints, mismatches, and burning […]
Lubrication Based on a 40 hr week Daily Weekly Monthly 6 Months Feature Type of lubrication Fill the oil level in the reservoir for the feedchains. SAE30 wt. oil X Fill the oil cups for the arbor assembly. X Grease the drive cam shaft bearing. Good Grade Bearing Grease X Oil the pressure bar oil […]
A through feed moulder is one of the most complex machines in a rough mill — each spindle, cutterhead, guide, feedroll, and holddown has to work in precise coordination to produce a clean, square, chatter-free finish. When something goes wrong, the symptom usually looks like a finish defect, a feeding issue, or a snipe on […]
The Mereen-Johnson Rip Navigator Tracker is the automatic infeed system that feeds boards from a hopper through a board dealer, stops, and pinch rolls onto the chain that carries them into the rip saw. When the Tracker stops feeding cleanly — whether it’s double-feeding, feeding unevenly, or dragging boards on the chain — the root […]
Consistent lubrication is the single most important preventive maintenance task on the Mereen-Johnson Rip Navigator Tracker automatic infeed system. The Tracker’s bearings, pivot points, linear guides, and gearboxes all rely on proper greasing intervals to maintain smooth, accurate feeding — and when lubrication is skipped or over-applied, bearings run hot and premature wear follows. This […]
Proper lubrication is the foundation of long-term tenoner maintenance. Bearings that run too dry wear out prematurely; bearings that are over-greased run hot and fail even faster. Arbor bearings in particular require precise greasing intervals, exact quantities, and active temperature monitoring to deliver the decades of reliable service that a Mereen-Johnson tenoner is designed for. […]