On May 10, 8:00*pm, RJDurkee wrote:
Has someone come up with a better way to correctly install knives on a
Ridgid jointer than the method in the manual? According to the manual
you have to loosen the four bolts holding each knife, hold a straight-
edge along the outfeed table and slide the knife up so that it just
touches the straight-edge, and while doing that tighten the bolt. Then
do the other side which is impossible to do because you tightened the
bolt on the other end of the knife. There must be some sort of jig
that can hold the jointer knife at the correct height while I tighten
the bolts. The way mentioned in the book seems inaccurate and
difficult to do.
Rich

What model do you have? I have the JPO600 and there is a jig that came
with it to set the knives. Did you buy this used or new?

For what it's worth, go to the library and find "Jointers and
planers : how to choose, use and maintain them" by Rick Peters. It is
pretty informative and gives a good step by step to replacing knives.

If you don't have a jig, you might want to get a magnetic knive
holder.

Allen