Comments on: 118 – Jointer Setup

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:40:45 +0000

You could, but it will only help you with the part that is near the cutterhead. You still need the straightedge for the far end of the infeed table.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:16:08 +0000

One quick question – now you have the fancy dial gauge, would it be better to set the edge of the infeed table nearest the cutter with this also? Seems to me like it would be altogether quicker than messing around with a straight edge and feeler gauges!

Just a thought.

By: Kraig M.

Kraig M. — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:23:00 +0000

Thanks Morton. I just went with the HSS. This is a temporary fix until I can get what I really want.

By: Morton

Morton — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:04:11 +0000

Kraig — I replaced the straight knives in my 8″ Grizzly jointer with ones from http://www.globaltooling.com/. They are pretty inexpensive and have held up well for me and the company had great support for my questions.

They are simple HSS. I did consider carbide, but they were too pricey for me. The HSS holds up well and you can sharpen and/or hone them – carbide is much harder to do that at home.

By: Kraig M.

Kraig M. — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:01 +0000

Hi Marc,
Great video. I need to replace my jointer blades on my Jet JJ6. I am confused and not sure if I should go with HSS or carbide tipped blades? I work with mostly hard maple. Do you have any recommendations for vendors? I would really like to change to a helical cutter head but that is 6 months or so off. Heck, then I might as well get a whole new jointer!

Thanks,
Kraig

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:46:43 +0000

Hey David. I’m sorry but I don’t have a video for that type of jointer. Check out Morton’s video on the topic. Might be of help to you: http://www.scottmorton.com/set.....y-jointer/

By: David Arkin

David Arkin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:12:53 +0000

I have a Powermatic 8″, non parallelogram jointer with Shelix cutter. I don’t have the luxury of individual “knobs” to adjust levels and have to use gibs and shims. Do you have video/instructions for this type of table. It’s 12 year old table and needs adjustment after I installed Shelix cutter.

I’m having a terrible time in adjusting.

Thanks

david

By: Steve Colvin

Steve Colvin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:41:38 +0000

I don’t see any info on setting the outfeed table height relative to the cutterhead. I’ve seen recommendations ranging from .015 to .062. What’s your recommendation?

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:44:18 +0000

I recently changes out the head for my Powermatic 54A jointer. The head was changed from the standard three knife butter to a byrd spiral head.

As you are imagining the setup for the individual cutter heads is different. Depending on the model you have there are more and more of the individual cutter squares.

A jointer pal is of no help because there is no “blade” concept. I sold my jointer pal as surplus equipment.

As Mark is thinking, the individual cutters lock into the right configuration. Keep in mind that the individual cutter squares are not in a straight line. They are arranged in a spiral.

Over the past year, I have rotated several of the cutters but not all of them. The ones I rotated were when some small chips happened in the cutter edge. I am very careful to keep track of the ones that have been turned.

As a note I also have a SS head planer. The situation is the same for either the jointer or the planer.

I hope that helps.

Bobbie

By: thewoodwhisperer

thewoodwhisperer — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:56:37 +0000

Hey Bob. Unfortunately, I have no experience with a spiral head jointer. I wonder if the blades are even meant to be adjusted or if they are simply locked in place and you use the cutterhead itself for adjustments. Does your owner’s manual give you any insights into this?