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Old jointer knives update
Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to
the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? |
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"stryped" wrote in message ups.com... Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? I think you should take up stamp collecting as a hobby. |
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In article . com, "stryped" wrote:
Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? I think that you need to experiment -- and *think* -- a little bit before posting. _Of_course_ they'll work. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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But the manual said it was very important to have 1/16 inch of the
knife stick out of the cutterhead on each end. There is no way to do this Doug Miller wrote: In article . com, "stryped" wrote: Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? I think that you need to experiment -- and *think* -- a little bit before posting. _Of_course_ they'll work. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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Top posting corrected so that the exchange flows naturally
"stryped" wrote: Doug Miller wrote: In article . com, "stryped" wrote: the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I think that you need to experiment -- and *think* -- a little bit before posting. _Of_course_ they'll work. But the manual said it was very important to have 1/16 inch of the knife stick out of the cutterhead on each end. There is no way to do this You forgot the "think" part of Doug's advice. Why do you think they said to have them stick out 1/16" at each end? Hint 1) If the original ones don't stick out of one end, what has happened at the other end? Hint 2) Can you think of any possible negative effects from your answer to #1? Hint 3) What negative effects do you think will happen if there is only a 1/32" overhang? If you can't figure this out, you will be pretty unhappy with this hobby--all too often, you have to make a judgement and figure out how to do something because something else didn't work exactly to plan (in my case, always due to wood movement, never a measurement or cutting error on my own partg). Wanting to follow directions is good, but being slave to them to the extent shown in this question indicates the wrong mindset/personality type for this hobby, IMHO. -- Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently. |
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stryped wrote:
Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? Beware of Sears jointer knives. DAGS on Jo4hn and jointer. I wrote a series of posts a year or two ago. I bought some Sears knives that were ..008" thicker at one end which is more than enough to send them flying. If you need that kind of excitement, OK, but I would measure first. You can get quality knives in that size from Freud and others (DAGS jointer knives) and they might even have the proper overhang. Even cutting the size of the knives will make Sears extra money. twitch, jo4hn |
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Read the manual again and I am confident that you will finfd it says 1/16"
overhang on outside edge .... to allow for rebating. Think about it. What is the point of having overhang on the fence side? "stryped" wrote in message ps.com... But the manual said it was very important to have 1/16 inch of the knife stick out of the cutterhead on each end. There is no way to do this Doug Miller wrote: In article . com, "stryped" wrote: Went to Sears awhile ago. Their blades for a jointer look identical to the blades that came off my vintage craftsman jointer with one exception, the ones at sears are 1/16 of an inch shorter. In my old manual for this jointer, it says to let the blade overhang the cutterhead 1/16 of an inch on each side. I could nto do that with these. I am thinking it still might work. They are 24.99. What do you think? I think that you need to experiment -- and *think* -- a little bit before posting. _Of_course_ they'll work. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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