Jet 13" benchtop planner & blades

[Bruce Collins]

I bought a Jet 13" benchtop plannner last year and it seems to do a good job. Last week I decided the blades were dull enough to fool with and pulled out the directions. It says to just replace the blade but looking at them, they have a cutting edge on both sides of the blade so I asume I can just flip them around and use the other new edge? Seems like the manual should mention that!

I also went looking at the WMH tool group (owns JET) website and it doesn't look like they sell any benchtop planners anymore? They now have a planner/molder with a full stand etc. My Jet uses knives that are not adjustable and fit over pins - am I going to be able to buy new blades in the future??

Thanks for any info

Bruce

[Jim Becker]

I don't know the particular machine you are speaking of, but many of the portable planers use indexed, two-edges knives. It sounds like you machine has them and if so, you can just flip them around and use the other edge before discarding them and installing new knives.

[Jim Grill]

Hi Bruce.

You might try comparing your knives to those of other manufacturers. You might get lucky. Many of the smaller machines are very similar in internal design.

If you have a model number someone here will probably be able to find the blades you need.

Also, Amazon has a good selection of planer knives, including Jet. Freud also makes a large selection of replacement knives, which is where I get knives for my ancient Jet JWP-15 15-5/8" planer. The Freud knives are also on Amazon. That might be where I bought my last set now that I think about it. :)

[Eddie Darby]

This might help:

http://www.infinitytools.com/departments.asp?dept=1108

http://www.dimarcanada.com/index.php