[bf]

Bob Moos wrote:
o) From everything I've read here on the wreck and through other
sources, it sounds like replacing the knives on a jointer is a
tedious and fiddly job and one I would prefer to avoid. Both
of the aforementioned models can be adapted with an optional feature
called Dispoz-A-Blade[3]. I get that once this system is installed
future knife changes are a simple affair (and relatively inexpensive
at about $18). What I'm not clear on though is the installation
of the blade holders themselves. Do those just bolt in or do they
have to be fiddled with and adjusted (the first time) to get them
properly lined up? Any idea if I can get them installed right from
the git-go at the factory?

I've never used their disposable blade system. I guess my concern would
be the
quality of the disposable blades and how long they last, and how well
they wear.
Will they get dinged easy on knots?

Really, you don't need to change blades on a jointer very often if you
use a planer for the majority of your "flattening". Mine jointer blades
could use a change, but I run my boards through a drum sander, so I
really don't worry about getting the cleanest possible cut off the
jointer. I've gone over 5 years between blade changes, but I use the
jointer very seldomly. For what it's worth, I only have a 6" jointer
too. I wish the bed was longer sometimes, but I've found a way to work
around that .. any long boards that need jointing are saved for cutting
into smaller pieces. I make all my long pieces out of stock that can be
flattened in the planer.





o) I don't live anywhere near one of Grizzly's warehouses, so
I'll have to pay the $135 for truck freight. Other than appliances
and furniture bought at local retail stores, I've never purchased
anything this big. With the appliances and furniture, the drivers
brought eveyrhing into the house, but that doesn't sound like what'll
happen when the jointer arrives.

It depends on the driver. Some will park on the curb and make you
unload it off the truck. Some will be nice and take it off the truck
and even wheel it into the garage for you. I don't think I'd push my
luck and ask them to carry it down basement stairs or anything like
that LOL.

[Bob Moos]

bf wrote:

I've never used their disposable blade system. I guess my concern
would be the quality of the disposable blades and how long they last,
and how well they wear. Will they get dinged easy on knots?

That's a good point. But given the cost of the disposable blades
($18) and the regular blades ($53), it looks like I can keep 3 sets
of disposable spares on hand for just a bit more than the cost of
one set of regular knives.

While I don't think I'll be dinging the knives up all that much, I am
concerned about how much dicking around it'll take to change and set
the regular type knives. My skills and patience for dealing with
fiddly stuff is pretty low, so I think it'll be worth the additional
up front expense to get the disposable knives and then not have to
loath and dread the prospect of changing the knives when they do need
it. Plus, I'd rather be working with the wood than working on the
jointer.

Really, you don't need to change blades on a jointer very often if you
use a planer for the majority of your "flattening".

That's what I'm thinking. I'll use the planer for stuff wider than
6" and the jointer for face planing smaller stuff, edge jointing and
making rabbets. The main thing I want is edge jointing, so I think
I'll be fine with 6".

[Truck Freight]
It depends on the driver. Some will park on the curb and make you
unload it off the truck. Some will be nice and take it off the truck
and even wheel it into the garage for you. I don't think I'd push my
luck and ask them to carry it down basement stairs or anything like
that LOL.

My shop is in a two car garage, but I've got a bit of an incline
to my driveway. My concern is the driver will show up with a big
truck (i.e., anything designed to back-up to a the level of a loading
bay) and then there'd be no way I could manage to wrangle the thing
out of the truck and safely down to the ground. But if I were to
go get it from the freight depot I think I could wrangle it into
my pick-up (assuming they won't put it in there for me) if I had
to and I could then back my pick-up straight into the garage and
get it out that way.