View Full Version : How *not* to change your jointer head
Cliff Holmes
10-08-2009, 1:47 PM
Bare hands are not recommended ...
Derek Gilmer
10-08-2009, 2:48 PM
Rub a lil saw dust on there and you'll be fine :)
Bill Arnold
10-08-2009, 2:56 PM
Yep. Sawdust and a dousing with DNA is all it needs!:rolleyes:
Cliff Holmes
10-08-2009, 3:06 PM
I never felt a thing until I noticed what I thought was red grease on the head. When I realized what it was, *then* it started hurting.
Ah, well, the new shelix head will be worth all the pain.
Mike Cruz
10-08-2009, 3:33 PM
Thinner'll clean that up real nice. Just make sure the doors and windows are closed to your shop. I don't wanna hear ya screamin' from here. :eek:
Tom Slupek
10-08-2009, 3:36 PM
At least you know your knives are sharp.
Steve Clardy
10-08-2009, 4:32 PM
Yep. Glue and some sawdust
Myk Rian
10-08-2009, 5:35 PM
I did the same thing changing out my planer blades for the shelix. Darned things are sharp.
Jeff Willard
10-09-2009, 11:20 AM
CA glue works pretty well as a makeshift suture :eek:. Don't laff-I know of physicians that do this.
Cliff Holmes
10-09-2009, 11:22 AM
Yes, they've been using it for well over a decade.
Ken Garlock
10-09-2009, 11:46 AM
Well Cliff, join the club. It is a daily challenge for me to leave the shop without some type of cut.:rolleyes: Thankfully, they are usually just nicks.
When I installed the Shelex type heads on my jointer, I quickly found that the bearings on the ends of the head made great handles. It was a lesson not wasted when I put the same type head on my planer. :cool:
Gary Herrmann
10-09-2009, 11:48 AM
Yep, I nicked myself swapping my head out too. And you're right, it will be worth it when you're done.
Cliff Holmes
10-09-2009, 11:58 AM
quickly found that the bearings on the ends of the head made great handles
I was in the process of pressing the bearing out of the end block. It dropped out a second before I thought it would and involuntarily clamped down on the head. When I drop the shelix in, I'm definitely wearing gloves.
Kevin Groenke
10-09-2009, 7:19 PM
And I thought I was the only one too lazy to take out the knifes. It wasn't like I was going to need them in the old head when I was done. I did get through THAT operation unscathed though.
Rick Dennington
10-10-2009, 1:00 AM
Yep-- just slap a little turpitine on and rinse with some alcohol mixed with salt!!!
Kinda like slapping Tabasco sause on a cats butt!!!!!
It'll feel better when it quits burning!!
Kinda like eating Mexican food, then wanting ice cream-- come on ice cream!!!!
I could go on and on, but I know you feel much better now!!!!
Stephen Edwards
10-10-2009, 1:04 AM
Let your dawg lick it good to clean it up before you put the saw dust in.
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