I'm looking at upgrading to a 8" jointer from 6". In my small shop,
the jointer sits against a wall on wheels - small stuff gets jointed
in place, longer stuff I pull it out. When it's against the wall, how
far it protrudes is a big deal - too much and it pinches travel
between it and my work bench.
Hard to tell w/o examing them in person how far various models stick
out - for instance the Delta professional line is horrible because the
rack and pinon toothed bar sticks way out the back, where the DJ-20
isn't nearly so bad.
Anyone able to comment on the Griz G0500 - the current top runner? Or
other models?
Thanks,
Jim
I have the G0500... I just measured an it appears to be 24" front to back
with the fence pushed towards the front of the machine.
Brian.
"Jim Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm looking at upgrading to a 8" jointer from 6". In my small shop,
> the jointer sits against a wall on wheels - small stuff gets jointed
> in place, longer stuff I pull it out. When it's against the wall, how
> far it protrudes is a big deal - too much and it pinches travel
> between it and my work bench.
>
> Hard to tell w/o examing them in person how far various models stick
> out - for instance the Delta professional line is horrible because the
> rack and pinon toothed bar sticks way out the back, where the DJ-20
> isn't nearly so bad.
>
> Anyone able to comment on the Griz G0500 - the current top runner? Or
> other models?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
Jim: I doubt if you are going to see much difference among the 8" machines.
As far as that goes, considering the importance of a good surfacing
performance and the fairly large investment, the best compromise might be to
wiggle between it and the bench.
The reason I said you'll not see a lot of difference is the width of most of
the machines is determined by: the width of the table, the width of the
fence mechanism and a little bit of cabinet on the front. My son-in-law
just bought a G0500 (great looking machine) and I have looked at the bigger
Jets and Powermatics. I didn't measure them, but the fence mechanism on the
Griz is very similar, in size and appearance, to the others. If don't know
if the Griz is a knock-off design but the are similar. Go with the best
machine and deal.
Ron
"Jim Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm looking at upgrading to a 8" jointer from 6". In my small shop,
> the jointer sits against a wall on wheels - small stuff gets jointed
> in place, longer stuff I pull it out. When it's against the wall, how
> far it protrudes is a big deal - too much and it pinches travel
> between it and my work bench.
>
> Hard to tell w/o examing them in person how far various models stick
> out - for instance the Delta professional line is horrible because the
> rack and pinon toothed bar sticks way out the back, where the DJ-20
> isn't nearly so bad.
>
> Anyone able to comment on the Griz G0500 - the current top runner? Or
> other models?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
"Jim Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm looking at upgrading to a 8" jointer from 6". In my small shop,
> the jointer sits against a wall on wheels - small stuff gets jointed
> in place, longer stuff I pull it out. When it's against the wall, how
> far it protrudes is a big deal - too much and it pinches travel
> between it and my work bench.
>
> Hard to tell w/o examing them in person how far various models stick
> out - for instance the Delta professional line is horrible because the
> rack and pinon toothed bar sticks way out the back, where the DJ-20
> isn't nearly so bad.
>
> Anyone able to comment on the Griz G0500 - the current top runner? Or
> other models?
>
As long as you stay away from the rack and pinion fences the depth of the 8"
jointers in general aren't appreciably more than the 6" jointers on stands.
For example, I went from a Reliant 6" to a DJ-20 and there is only a
couple-three inches difference in depth. Of course the DJ-20 infeed table
alone is only 2" shorter than the whole 6" jointer... but you didn't ask
about length. ;-)
John