If that's an ABS fitting cutting it off 1 1/2" up from the top of the bottom hub, and installing a new elbow on the vertical stub would fix that, but I certainly wouldn't glue it on.
King Canada customer service
I recently purchased a 16/32 Drum Sander from King Canada. The sander has worked well and was set up accurately right from the factory, something which hasn't been true about most of my other machines, including my Delta machines which included having to send a brand new Unisaw back for a new base cabinet. However, the dust pickup elbow was pointed towards one of the legs on the support yoke which made hooking up my shop vac very awkward. See picture below. I attempted several times to turn the fitting and it wouldn't budge so I emailed King and asked if the elbow was glued on and they confirmed that it was. I sent them a picture (included below) of the one on the machine and complained about how awkward it made the machine to use. I didn't ask for a replacement but I got an email this morning telling me that they are sending one.
This is my 3rd King machine, the other two being a 16" planer and a 6" by 108" belt sander. Both of those have worked well for the 20 years I've had them. The planer needed adjusting from new with the head not being level with the bed which required removing the chain that turns the column screws and turning them individually until level was achieved, about a 45 minute job. I've run several thousand feet of rough lumber through it, including birch 2 x 10s. I even ran some 8' x 16" x 6" cedar timbers through it once. I did replace the head out feed roller once but that might could have been avoided if I had someone on that end when planing all the long rough lumber.
The table on the sander wasn't 90 degrees to the sander platen but King replaced the brackets. The guy I talked to about it tried to convince me that that wasn't important though and I had to insist that it was. All in all my experiences with King's tools is fairly positive so if someone else is considering buying them this might be of help.
This is my 3rd King machine, the other two being a 16" planer and a 6" by 108" belt sander. Both of those have worked well for the 20 years I've had them. The planer needed adjusting from new with the head not being level with the bed which required removing the chain that turns the column screws and turning them individually until level was achieved, about a 45 minute job. I've run several thousand feet of rough lumber through it, including birch 2 x 10s. I even ran some 8' x 16" x 6" cedar timbers through it once. I did replace the head out feed roller once but that might could have been avoided if I had someone on that end when planing all the long rough lumber.
The table on the sander wasn't 90 degrees to the sander platen but King replaced the brackets. The guy I talked to about it tried to convince me that that wasn't important though and I had to insist that it was. All in all my experiences with King's tools is fairly positive so if someone else is considering buying them this might be of help.
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The K/C sure looks like the Performax/Jet 16/32 The patent must have run out on them.
@Cherrville Chuck how does the feed conveyor track on yours? I have had 3 Perfornax's, a10/20, two 16/32's, they all had tracking problems. The only one I finally fixed was the 10/20 by replacing both rollers and all the bearings and bearing holders. The 16/32 I never did get to track right. I ended up just putting up with it and resetting the belt when it tracked too far to the left. But I went thru a couple of conveyor belts.
Now I have the Supermax, and love the sander, but have the same tracking problems, and in less than a year have ruined the belt, just ordered a new one last week. In the mean time I read on another forum, that a fellow wood worker experiencing the same problem on his Performax built a crown in his rollers front and back with duct tape and it cured his problem. So I did the same the other day, and it seems to be holding the position of the belt so far, so I have high hopes this will cure the problem.
BTW the conveyor is basically the same as a Performax,except the drive is on the off feed side instead of the in feed side. it uses the same conveyor belt.
Herb
@Cherrville Chuck how does the feed conveyor track on yours? I have had 3 Perfornax's, a10/20, two 16/32's, they all had tracking problems. The only one I finally fixed was the 10/20 by replacing both rollers and all the bearings and bearing holders. The 16/32 I never did get to track right. I ended up just putting up with it and resetting the belt when it tracked too far to the left. But I went thru a couple of conveyor belts.
Now I have the Supermax, and love the sander, but have the same tracking problems, and in less than a year have ruined the belt, just ordered a new one last week. In the mean time I read on another forum, that a fellow wood worker experiencing the same problem on his Performax built a crown in his rollers front and back with duct tape and it cured his problem. So I did the same the other day, and it seems to be holding the position of the belt so far, so I have high hopes this will cure the problem.
BTW the conveyor is basically the same as a Performax,except the drive is on the off feed side instead of the in feed side. it uses the same conveyor belt.
Herb
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Well I received the new cover from King today and installed it. It only took a few minutes. The angle of the dust fitting on the new cover is very close to where I wanted it. The new cover came quickly and was well packed. King gets an A for customer service. I couldn't have expected anything better from them.
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