Chuck Ketcham
01-06-2008, 6:17 PM
I recently put together my brand new Jet 6" long bed jointer with the quickset knives. The knife part number is 708801DX (not to be confused with the 708801 knife for the standard Jet jointer without quickset knives). After only an hour or so of jointing, the knives already have small knicks in them. Perhaps this happened because I was jointing 2x4's, which have a lot of knots and pitch -- I don't know. But even so, this seems like way too short of a lifespan. Fortunately, these knives have edges on both sides, so I will flip them and keep going. But after this experience, it probably won't be long before I need to sharpen or replace them. So here are my questions:
1. Can these quickset knives be sharpened without effecting their positioning when put back into the cutterhead? I'm asking this because I know many planer knives can't be sharpened these days for this reason.
2. Perhaps my Jet jointer knives are made from poor quality material. Are there any replacement knives, such as from Freud, that will work for me? I had a hard time trying to select from Freud's website, especially given the fact that I don't know what makes quickset knives different from standard knives.
Thanks.
Chuck
1. Can these quickset knives be sharpened without effecting their positioning when put back into the cutterhead? I'm asking this because I know many planer knives can't be sharpened these days for this reason.
2. Perhaps my Jet jointer knives are made from poor quality material. Are there any replacement knives, such as from Freud, that will work for me? I had a hard time trying to select from Freud's website, especially given the fact that I don't know what makes quickset knives different from standard knives.
Thanks.
Chuck