On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:43:59 -0500, Gerald Ross
wrote:


My son uses one in the shop where he works. The little cutter heads are
4 sided and when they get dull, they get a couple of technicians to come
in and rotate all the cutters 1/4 turn. It takes hours to do it right
and hours=dollars.


Hours? How big is the jointer?

I've seen some 12" rotary cutter head jointers that the cutters locked
into each slot. The whole process is simply loosening a screw turning
the cutter and retightening it, no skill involved. One of the selling
points for the rotary head is that unskilled people can fix a knicked
blade.

Are you sure the outside tech's aren't doing other things to the
machine, like a full tune / lube / belt replacement service?

Barry