You replace just the ones you need to replace. Griz sells them in sets of 10. Not sure about other places.
You replace just the ones you need to replace. Griz sells them in sets of 10. Not sure about other places.
Great plan if you have gobs of space, and you live in a part of the country where 20" jointers exist. Sadly here in Phoenix I've never seen more than a 12" on Craig's list. I've used jointers for 30 years and I've only used the rabbiting ledge a few times. The times I did, I ended up with terrible tearout on the bottom of the board. I'd much rather use the TS or a router. With the Byrd head I'll never again align knives, and I get ZERO tearout with the figured woods I like to use
(cough) 3 year old thread...
Thread on "How do I pickup/move XXX Saw?" http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=597898
Compilation of "Which Band Saw to buy?" threads http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...028#post692028
Yup,
But whatever happened to Dev?
Dev?.......... Dev?........Bueller?
Per
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Interesting comment. Some years ago there was a thread on one of the forums about the Harbor Freight jointer (I'm not going to get into the fit/finish or engineering debate) and one poster said that the fence was no good because it anchored at the front and the back end would deflect. I said then, that this might be a good thing. As the back deflected, it let the workpiece go past the knives at an angle which gave a shear cut. I was roundly boo'ed and told that I knew not of what I was speaking and a jointer fence had, must, could not be otherwise, to be square to the knives.
George
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Hmmm, interesting post, the only thing I'd add is I believe the Oliver ITCH head is different than what most of us know as insert cutterheads. It's my understanding that the original Oliver design had separate short knives staggered around the cutterhead, and that once you got all the knives set you then ground them all one at a time on the cutterhead. They are supposed to be pretty impressive machines, but sharpening the knives would be quite a time consuming process I think. Also I believe they were mostly for planers, I don't believe I've ever heard of one being used on a jointer?
Also if you can find a decent Oliver or Porter 16 - 20" Jointer for less than $3k you've done very well. The last 16" Oly I went to look at was going for $4500 and it sold within a day. Not to mention you'll need a very large shop as the tables are over 9' in length on some of them, and the direct drives are close to 4' in depth. Then there's the issue of 3 phase power, yup not really an option for many of the guys reading these posts I would guess. I really wanted on myself, but couldn't really fit it in my shop, and I have about 2k sq. ft..
Just another way of looking at it.
JeffD
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