Fixin to pull the trigger......

[JR]

The only dislike is the dust chute, I'll try and modify that sometime later on
as I get time to do it.

Here's a thread showing a couple of ideas on dust chute mods for a DC.

JR

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...hlight=JOINTER

[ssmith1627]

I'm gonna pick this sucker up today or tomorrow. It has a better set of knives in it (new ones) than what it comes with. And it has a mobile base. $150. I'm pretty happy with that.

So......now when Christmas rolls around.....all I want for Christmas is that Rigid planer.......hehe.

Steve

[eezlock]

HF 6" jointer

Steve, I made a shopbuilt dust/chip collector plate (8'x11") out of some acryllic (clear) type I had around the shop, installed a 2 1/2" hose connector
for the shop vac, sealed around the edges with some foam weatherstripping
and put screws thru the clear plate to hold it over the dust chute. Haven't had time to try it out yet, had to go out on a service call this afternoon,
but will try it and let you know how it works out. eezlock

12/02 --Update on dust chute for HF jointer: the collector plate I made yesterday, works really
well so far. Now all I need to do is close in the other air holes around the jointer machine to
base area and I think 95% or more of the chips will go into the shop vaccum instead on the shop floor. I ran several scarp pieces of board thru it last night to test out the system
and that thing will fill my shop vac pretty fast with chips. Next I will try it out on the
home made mini cyclone/chip separator that is connected to the tablesaw I made a couple
of weeks ago, if this works as it should may go that route when jointing boards in the future.
eezlock

[ssmith1627]

Certainly my first experience with a jointer but I feel like I got a good deal. $150 for a 3 year old HF 6" jointer. The guy had bought and installed Freud knives to replace the ones it came with. He included a mobile base. And he had already built the dust chute -- that was a nice surprise !

I have ducting run from my HF DC to my table saw and router table but I have to re-do one of the runs now to come to the jointer as well and another to come across and down to my bandsaw. So to test I just hooked the jointer up to the shop vac. I thought it was doing a fine job until I was done and realized there was a BIG pile of chips / shavings on the floor on the right side of the jointer.

I'll test it with the D.C. as soon as I have time and then I'll start doing the same thing you are -- trying to close up any remaining areas to trap as much of it as I can.

I sure see what people were talking about now with the fence. The word "cantankerous" comes to mind along with a few others. My wife and I worked together and I got it in place and square to the table. Whew. I don't plan on moving it out of that position again any time soon. But it does seem very stable once it is finally set so it's fine with me. Adjust it wrong and you can end up with it up in the air so that boards go under it, too far back so that part of the board won't even pass over the blade or too far forward giving yourself a 5" jointer !

Keep the posts coming. Great to have someone else in on this experience with me !

Steve

[eezlock]

6" Hf jointer...

Steve, I understand about aligning the fence....it isn't real easy. Here is what I did and you could too, pick up a welder's magnet from HF they are cheap, shaped like an arrowhead, stick it to the table, and adjust your fence from there, I used an engineer's square to check the final position of the fence and locked it down in place and it is staying where I put it.
Hope this helps and good luck on getting the planer, sounds as if your deal is really good with extra knife set, mobile base and dust collector for that price. This little machine really makes some smooth cuts ! eezlock