Upload the manufacturer's PDF once. Then ask in plain words: how do I change the blade, how do I adjust the riving knife, why does the saw leave burn marks. You get numbered steps, safety warnings first, with the exact page numbers from your own manual.
Part of Joinery Core workshop management software. No card required.
Three steps. The first one you do once per machine, then the knowledge is at hand for good.
Open the machine's card in Joinery Core, go to Documents and upload the manufacturer's PDF manual. It must be the manual for exactly your model, not a similar one. No PDF? Your dealer or the manufacturer will usually email it the same day if you ask.
Blade changes, belt replacement, riving knife adjustment, a strange noise, burn marks on the timber. Ask in English, Polish, Romanian or any language you work in. The assistant reads the whole relevant chapter, not just one line.
Numbered steps, safety warnings first, tools named. Every answer from the manual ends with the page range and a button that opens the PDF on that exact page, so you can see the diagrams too.
Repair procedures, torque values and part numbers come only from the PDF you uploaded. If the manual does not cover it, the assistant says so and points you to the manufacturer's service. It never invents a procedure.
For symptoms your manual does not cover, it can suggest common workshop causes, always clearly marked as knowledge from outside your manual, with the reminder to isolate the machine before checking anything.
Machine models and serial numbers, van MOT and service dates, service history, small tools. It reads what you keep in Joinery Core's Equipment module, so "which van has the nearest MOT" gets a straight answer.
Joinery Core comes from Skylon Joinery, a UK workshop. The tools exist because we needed them ourselves: project scheduling on a Gantt, estimating, stock and supplier ordering, team and holidays, accounting per project, and now a machine assistant, because standing at a saw flipping through 300 pages for one nut got old. From what we have seen, no other joinery software has this yet.
You upload the manufacturer's PDF manual to a machine in Joinery Core. The assistant reads it and answers servicing questions in plain language: blade changes, adjustments, troubleshooting. Every answer based on the manual comes with page numbers and a button that opens the PDF on the cited page.
It works with any machine that has a PDF manual with a text layer: Felder, SCM, Altendorf, Martin, Sedgwick, Wadkin and others. The manual must match your exact model. Scanned PDFs without a text layer cannot be read yet.
No. Repair procedures come only from your manual. For symptoms the manual does not cover, it can suggest common workshop causes, clearly labelled as knowledge from outside your manual, and it always tells you to confirm with the manual or the manufacturer's service before any intervention.
It is included in Joinery Core. Plans start at £19 per month with a 14 day free trial, no card required. Paid plans include 50 questions per day per company, trial accounts 10 per day.
It replies in the language you write in. Your manual can be in English while you ask in Polish, Romanian, Hungarian or anything else your team speaks.
Fourteen days free, no card. Upload the manual for your main machine, ask your first question, and the manual stops being a binder on a shelf.
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