Jo Beau 300 Chipper Drive belts and anvil question

[Treewarrior]

Stripping down my Jo Beau 300 chipper to replace the blades today. Noticed the drive V belts were slack.

 

Have adjusted the slack by moving engine about 1/4 inch and also want to adjust the gap between blade and anvil. Does anyone know what the gap should be please?

[Matthew Burton]

A friend of mine said he'd set his to 2mm but you're best contacting Jo beau directly to be sure. I dont believe they have a UK dealer at present.

 

Matt

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Nope, Jo Beau UK agent is now Vermeer altho they won't know a lot about em. Above quoted anvil gap is WAY TOO BIG!!! Don't for goodness sake run it like that - you'll have no chipper left. 25thou or credit card is the MAXIMUM gap you should have. Fletcher Stewarts said to me the gap should actually be as small as you can get it - without any contact obviously - spin the drum by gloved hand to check - isolate engine first! I've always run mine with smallest gap possible and works best that way.

[Sideleaner]

Well, I have the owners manual here with me as I bought my JB new.

The anvil should be set at 0.5 mm from the chipper knife.

From my experience (7 years I have my M300) 0.5 to 0.8 mm works fine. Just keep the knifes razor sharp, I sharpen them after every 25 to 30 hours.

 

Pascal

[Treewarrior]

Thanks lads,

 

Blades on the way to be re-ground and will reset anvil on return.

[Matthew Burton]

Sorry guys, You're quite right. 2mm was for a big gandini chipper. Doh! I wasnt aware that the vermeer link was official yet but it seems to be the case, I believe they now have all the spare parts from Fletcher Stewarts