Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

It does sound like the knives are not set properly, or your feed rate
is too fast.

-nick


On Mar 4, 10:01 am, "Doug" wrote:
Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

On Mar 4, 12:45 pm, "Nicky" wrote:
It does sound like the knives are not set properly, or your feed rate
is too fast.

-nick

On Mar 4, 10:01 am, "Doug" wrote:



Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

Try moving the fence to a new spot when edge jointing. My guess is
that the blades are dull in that area.

JP

On 4 Mar 2007 09:45:35 -0800, "Nicky" wrote:

On Mar 4, 10:01 am, "Doug" wrote:
Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

It does sound like the knives are not set properly, or your feed rate
is too fast.


I'd go with the feed rate as well. I encounter the same thing when I
get in a hurry and zip an edge across the jointer too fast. I rarely
can move the stock that fast when face jointing.


--
Chuck Taylor
http://home.hiwaay.net/~taylorc/contact/

"Doug" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

High knife most likely, second choice feed, which will also negate a high
knife. Third choice dull. Dull usually shows some crushed fiber at the
high spots

On Mar 4, 1:40 pm, "George" wrote:
"Doug" wrote in message

oups.com... Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

High knife most likely, second choice feed, which will also negate a high
knife. Third choice dull. Dull usually shows some crushed fiber at the
high spots


The knives are brand new. I replaced them yesterday, but the
scalloping continued. So, no dull blades involved.

Slow down the feedrate. There is no way around the scallops. It's the
dynamics of the cutter. Best you can hope for is very small scallops. Used
to see the same thing in slab mill cuts (metal working) before they figured
out that helical blades cut better.

"Doug" wrote in message
ups.com...


The knives are brand new. I replaced them yesterday, but the
scalloping continued. So, no dull blades involved.

On 4 Mar 2007 09:01:38 -0800, "Doug" wrote:

Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

Maybe but it could be technique. Your feed rate might be fast or you
might not be putting enough pressure on your stock to hold it down
tightly. I like having a very slick joiner table which will make
things easier when holding down your stock. Use paste wax or
whatever you like to use on your table saw top.

Mike O.

On Mar 4, 1:10 pm, "Doug" wrote:
On Mar 4, 1:40 pm, "George" wrote:

"Doug" wrote in message

roups.com... Hope you all don't mind me posting 2 questions in a row, but they seem
to hit me in waves. My jointer, only when edge jointing, not face
jointing, has been producing little scallops along the cut. I am
assuming that this is because the blades are not perfectly set. Is
that the reason?

High knife most likely, second choice feed, which will also negate a high
knife. Third choice dull. Dull usually shows some crushed fiber at the
high spots

The knives are brand new. I replaced them yesterday, but the
scalloping continued. So, no dull blades involved.

I get that when my feed rate is too fast. Slow it down and it will go
away. bc