In article <75k8b.421907$YN5.284721@sccrnsc01>, "Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Recently reset my 8" jointer blades, many times and still got so so joints
>regardless . finally rechecked the fence ,it was very slightly off ninety
>degrees . but that was the problem .
>
FWIW, when edge-gluing a panel, you can compensate for deviation of the fence
from perfectly square to the bed by the way in which you joint the edges.
(best viewed in a fixed-space font)
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| A | B |
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Joint the right edge of board A with the bottom face of the board against the
fence, then joint the left edge of board B with the *top* face of the board
against the fence. This ensures that any deviation from 90 degrees on the edge
of one board will be compensated for by precisely the same deviation in the
opposite direction on the edge of the other board.
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)
In article <[email protected]>, "Morgans" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Isn't the right thing to do just to set the jointer right?
Yes, of course. But as other recent discussions show, not everyone sees the
need for spending a few dollars extra to get a square that's really square,
and those folks won't ever have their jointers set quite right. They can still
get perfectly flat glue-ups anyway.
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)