Just purchased a dial indicator with the magnetic base and started checking
my tools. What do most wooddorkers allow for jointer knife tolerances from
blade to blade relative to outfeed table.
Also, what about from left to right (parallelism?) along the same knife
relative to outfeed table?
I checked mine and one knife was 1/1000" above the out feed table and two
were 2/1000" below the outfeed table.
I understand that the closer the better, but at what point does a mis-set
knife become a problem.
Thanks.
--
Stoutman
http://home.triad.rr.com/brianmelissa/woodworking_frames.htm
stoutman wrote:
> "David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>stoutman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I understand that the closer the better, but at what point does a mis-set
>>>knife become a problem.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>When the results are below your expectations. I'm not trying to be glib,
>>here. There's rarely any machine that's going to be set up to perfection.
>>You COULD hone the blades in a much maligned procedure, that involves
>>running the jointer with a stone held over the head...I do that, to the
>>dismay of some of the posters here. It works for me, but others are
>>convinced it's a bogus procedure that ruins the edges. They can come up
>>with all sorts of logical sounding reasons, but I've gone more than a year
>>on the same set of blades and the results are great and the blades are
>>still quite sharp (they'll nick a fingernail).
>>
>>Bottom line is: getting them adjusted as well as you can and if you see no
>>problems with the finish, that's "good enough".
>
>
> How much would a knife have to be out of alignment with the outfeedtable
> before snipe becomes visible?
>
> 5/1000" 5/100" ??
>
>
>>Dave
>
>
>
If you don't have your outfeed fence aligned to within .005, you'll get
some noticeable snipe. .05 is HUGE.
Dave
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> stoutman wrote:
>
>
>> I understand that the closer the better, but at what point does a mis-set
>> knife become a problem.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> When the results are below your expectations. I'm not trying to be glib,
> here. There's rarely any machine that's going to be set up to perfection.
> You COULD hone the blades in a much maligned procedure, that involves
> running the jointer with a stone held over the head...I do that, to the
> dismay of some of the posters here. It works for me, but others are
> convinced it's a bogus procedure that ruins the edges. They can come up
> with all sorts of logical sounding reasons, but I've gone more than a year
> on the same set of blades and the results are great and the blades are
> still quite sharp (they'll nick a fingernail).
>
> Bottom line is: getting them adjusted as well as you can and if you see no
> problems with the finish, that's "good enough".
How much would a knife have to be out of alignment with the outfeedtable
before snipe becomes visible?
5/1000" 5/100" ??
>
> Dave
stoutman wrote:
> I understand that the closer the better, but at what point does a mis-set
> knife become a problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
When the results are below your expectations. I'm not trying to be
glib, here. There's rarely any machine that's going to be set up to
perfection. You COULD hone the blades in a much maligned procedure,
that involves running the jointer with a stone held over the head...I do
that, to the dismay of some of the posters here. It works for me, but
others are convinced it's a bogus procedure that ruins the edges. They
can come up with all sorts of logical sounding reasons, but I've gone
more than a year on the same set of blades and the results are great and
the blades are still quite sharp (they'll nick a fingernail).
Bottom line is: getting them adjusted as well as you can and if you see
no problems with the finish, that's "good enough".
Dave