Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever. Which is
better?
Thanks

"Rick Samuel" wrote in message
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Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever. Which
is better?
Thanks


Would you like a lever or a wheel to make your adjustments? Which would
seem more repeatable to you?

On Aug 4, 6:04*am, "Rick Samuel"
wrote:
*Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. *All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). *One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever. *Which is
better?
* Thanks

I have had the Grizley jointer for maybe 10 years, never a problem.
Mine has the lever adjustment for height, but I set it once and never
change it after that. So-I guess to me anyway, wheel or lever makes no
difference.

Agreed, I touch the lever or wheel every time I change the blades.

On Aug 4, 7:17*am, Fred wrote:
On Aug 4, 6:04*am, "Rick Samuel"
wrote:

*Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. *All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). *One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever. *Which is
better?
* Thanks

I have had the Grizley *jointer for maybe 10 years, never a problem.
Mine has the lever adjustment for height, but I set it once and never
change it after that. So-I guess to me anyway, wheel or lever makes no
difference.

On Aug 4, 7:29*am, "Leon" wrote:
"Rick Samuel" wrote in message

...

Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. *All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). *One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever. *Which
is better?
*Thanks

Would you like a lever or a wheel to make your adjustments? *Which would
seem more repeatable to you?

Buy what you feel good about. I thought I wanted wheel adjustment
when I was shopping years ago, but I ended up buying a Powermatic 54A
which has a lever. Very easy to adjust but I really don't change
height much.

BTW, our son-in-law has one of the older (4-5 years) Grizzly long-bed,
conventional knife jointers and it is a hell of a nice machine. Even
Fine Woodworking Mag gave it an excellent review. And Grizzly wasn't
even an advertiser.

RonB

My 8" Powermatic has a lever. I've never used a machine with a
wheel. The lever works very well for me.

Sonny

"Leon" wrote in
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"Rick Samuel" wrote in message
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Looking at a Griz 8" jointer. All close in price, (carbide insert
cutters). One has a wheel to adjust height, another has a lever.
Which is better?
Thanks


Would you like a lever or a wheel to make your adjustments? Which
would seem more repeatable to you?



For finer adjustments, could you easily stick a pipe on the lever and
then have the ability to adjust the lever 2" at 4' rather than .5" at 1?
You could do the same thing with a wheel, of course, but you'd be limited
in the size of the wheel. (Of course you could be limited with the
placement of the lever too.)

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On Aug 4, 11:04 am, RonB wrote:


Buy what you feel good about. I thought I wanted wheel adjustment
when I was shopping years ago, but I ended up buying a Powermatic 54A
which has a lever. Very easy to adjust but I really don't change
height much.

BTW, our son-in-law has one of the older (4-5 years) Grizzly long-bed,
conventional knife jointers and it is a hell of a nice machine. Even
Fine Woodworking Mag gave it an excellent review. And Grizzly wasn't
even an advertiser.

RonB

The PM54A's lever is also a wheel, isn't it? Tom

The PM54A's lever is also a wheel, isn't it? Tom

Correct but seldom used. You can do rough adjustment by moving the
handle up or down and then tightening the side locking knob. Fine
adjustment can then be done by twisting the handle. But, I can
usually get "close enough" without the fine adjustment feature. The
table slides up and down pretty smoothly.

RonB