Shop Fox 12" jointer...

[Hunter Wallace]

It looked good online, and now it looks pretty
darn spiffy in my workshop!!!:D

Not a gloat without pics, so here she is unpacked
and ready to tune-up. I'll follow with more pics and
maybe a little "review" tomorrow!

[Bruce Page]

Wow! that's a biggin!
Congrats!

[Bill Neely]

Looks like part of the 'Great White Fleet'. Nice.

[Clint Winterhalter]

Hunter,
That's a fine looking piece of machinery!
Congratulations!

Clint

[Jim Becker]

NICE!! Congrats on a great addition to your shop, Hunter!

[Ted Miller]

Hunter, I have the exact same jointer, mine is from Wilke but there are identical and it works great. Tables were nice and flat and the fence only had a very slight twist but it was near the end of the outfeed table. I cut quite a few rabbets as well on this machine. I did rewire mine to heavier SO cord and built a base so the 980 lbs is now mobile...

[Mandell Mann]

Sweaaaat!:)

[Howie French]

Hunter very nice, is this the exact same as grizzley's version ?


Howie

[Don Bullock]

Looks like part of the 'Great White Fleet'. Nice.

Right. When will the planes be landing?;) :D

That looks like a great machine. I need one.:p


Congratulations!!!!

[glenn bradley]

Hunter, you lucky dog. Excellent gloat. Congrats.

[Alan Tolchinsky]

That is a beauty and I wish you many happy years of sawdust making on that monster. 'Alan

[Ted Miller]

Hunter very nice, is this the exact same as grizzley's version ?

Duplicate, except for the base, Griz has a curved base, everything else is identical...

[Hunter Wallace]

Looks like part of the 'Great White Fleet'. Nice.
Yup...a wise man (first name starts with J, last name with a B) once told
me the white would look better in my shop than Griz Green...and I tend to
agree;)


Hunter very nice, is this the exact same as grizzley's version ?

Howie
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is. The specs said it did NOT have a lighted
off/safety switch and only had a single belt. But after giving her the
once over I found that it did in fact have all the same features as the
Griz machine. Only problem is that I got the ShopFox for $200 less AND
had it forklifted right into place in my workshop. Woe is me:p


Right. When will the planes be landing?;) :D


Well, I've got a picture here with just what you were looking for!

The fit and finish were pretty much what I expected...things were "close".
Some paint overspray and sanded spots on the table where the final
inspection team was making sure it didn't have any glaring rust spots!
The one thing that threw me for a few seconds was that the UP/DOWN
label for the outfeed table wheel is backwards...it's the same as the label
on the infeed wheel, whereas the wheels spin counter to each other.
Luckily I was smarter than the label (for once!)
It cuts like a dream with the 4 knife head, and I never knew that on "real"
jointers the knives also have cutting edges on the rabbeting side!:)

So, overall I'm super happy with the machine so far. For the $$ I just
couldn't see anything else out there that would give me the sort of
longterm power and flexibility this machine offers. I suppose some day
I'll upgrade the head to the Byrd Shelix head, but for now it works great
on figured woods...WIDE figured woods!!!:D

(Oh, and while I was at it I got the new Steel City 1 1/2HP dust
collector :rolleyes: foreground of the second picture)

[Brent Grooms]

Could you give me an idea of how big this machine is? Table length is one thing but how about width and height?

[Steve Clardy]

Nice gloat:D

[Hunter Wallace]

Could you give me an idea of how big this machine is? Table length is one thing but how about width and height?

It's about 84" long and the table is 12 3/4" wide, not including
the rabbeting ledge. It's also about 32" from floor to table and
37+" to the top of the fence and it's appendages and, if you were
to place it against a wall it'll stick out about 28 inches. Not quite
as space efficient as some other (read: European) machines, but
I'm lucky to have relatively good sized shop.
It will cut a bit over 12", where I saw while researching that some 12"
jointers don't necessarily take a full 12" cut. I took some birdseye
and curly maple to it yesterday and didn't have any tear-out...
I'm sure that'll change as the blades dull, but for now I'm in my
glory!!!:)
One other thing about this style (parallelogram) is that it's
incredibly easy to adjust the infeed table in pretty fine
increments. It's a long way from my old Delta 6" jointer with the
lever infeed adjustment.