[DaninVan]

Me to.
I more often than not use your TS method, Don. Fast and accurate.

 

[DaninVan]

Thanks, Jamie, I'll try that...good description!

 

[DaninVan]

Barry; thank you! You've prompted me to get serious about adjusting my jointer.
Lee; I'm going with this YouTube description...

His home made magnetic jig is hugely less expensive than the $40+ gizmos available online!
I already have the Rare Earth magnets.

 

[DaninVan]

I'm kinda leery about going into the garage/shop right now. There's strong winds blowing and we always get power outages as the Summer drought weakens the tree roots. All it takes is for a branch to fall off, touch both the 14.4kV primary and the neutral at the same time while it's falling. The other thing that happens is that a branchlet will hang up on the primary and the rest of the branch is left hanging down vertically...blowing in the wind. ZZZZZZap!

Sorry, meant to say the lights go off in there and the garage door opener will be out.

 

[DaninVan]

Lee; mine's a 6" JET. The usual gibb bolts,and Allen type jacking screws which catch the bottom edge of the knife and raise or lower it.
I was playing with it this afternoon and realized that the knives need honing. I'll try to get into Vancouver on Saturday and pick up one of those handheld honers.
This process has been a learning experience. So far I haven't found any serious issues...
Rotating and holding the cutter head is a p.i.t.a.

 

[DaninVan]

Yessss!

Let me know how it works out. I watched the video and he using a gauge to check everything just to be sure. I think my gauge is faster but it is not cheap. I also don't think my gauge will work on the Powermatic jointers with the springs in there. You would need to remove them.

Well; colour me happy!
I was in Vancouver last Saturday; stopped in at Summit Tools. They were clearing out some stuff and I spotted this puppy...
https://www.amazon.com/ROK-Planer-J...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01N1VD4EK
$34 reg price last one in stock...$19! I grabbed it. Works like a hot damn!!! Seriously, if you've fought with getting the knives just right, get one of these. Perfect ht. adjustment in seconds.
The jointer problems I was having seem to be cured, but I tried to manually hone the knives and I'm guessing I didn't do a great job...I'm just going to replace them now (maybe also get the existing ones professionally sharpened...price dependent.)

Anyways; thanks guys for getting me off my butt and doing something about the jointer. :x

 

[DaninVan]

I'm willing to give it a try, Charles.