JohnT Fitzgerald
12-03-2010, 9:30 AM
I recently purchased the Ridgid jointer, and after some minor adjustments to the knives it seems to run pretty well. I've run some pine, red oak, and some maple through it with good results.
I started to resurrect a desk project I had put on hold because of planer sled frustration (thus the jointer), so I started to face joint the rock maple and got some chipout. Not big chips/tears - it's almost like the board is pockmarked. Running this lumber through my planer (with the sled, when it worked OK) gave great results.
I plan to face joint as best I can, then run it through my planer *both sides* to take care of this (I hope I don't lose too much material), but I would like to ask for any tips or suggestions on dealing with chipout on dense woods like rock maple. For a test, I ran a piece through both ways (one end first, and then the other end first) and got the same results, so grain 'direction' does not seem to be an issues.
I started to resurrect a desk project I had put on hold because of planer sled frustration (thus the jointer), so I started to face joint the rock maple and got some chipout. Not big chips/tears - it's almost like the board is pockmarked. Running this lumber through my planer (with the sled, when it worked OK) gave great results.
I plan to face joint as best I can, then run it through my planer *both sides* to take care of this (I hope I don't lose too much material), but I would like to ask for any tips or suggestions on dealing with chipout on dense woods like rock maple. For a test, I ran a piece through both ways (one end first, and then the other end first) and got the same results, so grain 'direction' does not seem to be an issues.