"James "Cubby" Culbertson" wrote in message
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Hiya,
I'm having some issues with my jointer and was hoping for some help.
I'm getting a tapered board with the front of the board narrower than the
trailing end (I'm edge jointing). I understand this could
be due to the tables not being parallel or the cutter head is too low. I
checked the tables and they seem
fine. I did lower the outfeed table slightly to where if I put a board
on it and manually spin the cutter, it moves the
board about 1/2" or so backwards. But now I'm getting snipe. In the
past, I've fixed that by setting the outfeed table to be
just below the top of the cutters. Am I to assume that there is a very,
very fine line between snipe and taper here or
is there something else I should be addressing? I believe my technique
is fine (hasn't changed in the 10-15 years since I've
been using a jointer with no problems).
Cheers,
cc



Hiya Folks,
Well I think I got it working. I adjusted the height of the outfeed table
relative to the blades and was able to get it cutting without snipe and
without creating that taper I was getting. Thanks much for the info. If
nothing else, it was a colorful thread! What I learned: The jointer
needs to be set up to within a gnat's ass in the way of tolerances. And, I
need to buy a better blade. I too use the jointer to remove the blade
marks.
Cheers.
cc