I'm still trying to come up with a good connection for my dust collector.
The dust chute is marginal at best. I'm thinking of taking a 12" or 14"
tablesaw hood and mounting it over the dust chute opening. It *looks* like
it might work. What have you done/decided?

Vic

"Bruce" wrote in message
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In rec.woodworking
(Adguru) wrote:

Thanks Vic,
I have been wanting a jointer for a long time. They are so heavy you
can't hardly buy used out of town and afford the shipping. I live in a
realitively small town so used jointers just don't hit the want ads.

The next step would be HF, and you need a testimonial like yours to
feel safe.

I just bought the HF 6" jointer today and concur with Vic's post with a
few
exceptions. First, for $179, you really can't go wrong can you? I could
get 2 for the price of the Grizzly 6".

My outfeed table also required a bit of adjustment, no bigee. The tables
are flat to each other and the fence is flat. My complaint is the fence
mechanism. The entire fence is supported by the right end and when you
loosen it to set an angle, it just flops all over, raises up when you
tighten the nut, etc. The mechanism to stop at 90 degrees seems too
flimsy
to be trustworthy.

The good news is, it can be set square with little trouble using a
machinists square. That is how I intend on using it and luckily, I seldom
joint anything at other than 90 degrees.

Power seems adequate. The dust chute works but I'm stuck having to fab
something to connect my dust collector. I also cut a few rabbets and that
worked very well also.

All in all I'm pleased and have no regrets and would recommend it to
anyone
that is a budget conscious hobby woodworker. I've used a Jet 6" quite a
bit and really see no difference in performance at 1/3 the price.