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Kevin (FL)

11-08-2005 05:26:39

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Anyone ever buy/use the 6" planer/jointer that HF sells? Is it OK for one-a-week or so use? Mostly we'll be working with a soft wood (cypress). I already have a 20" Grizzly for the flat sides but don't have a jointer for the edges when I rip lumber. Does the HF unit have belt driven knives or direct off the motor shaft?

There's a Cummins Tool truck sale that sometimes gets around this area and they have "factory-reconditioned" Ridgid jointers for about $50 less than Home Depot sells them new. The HF model is $200--I think about $150 lower than the new Ridgid model.

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JHesler

11-11-2005 06:00:33

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Re: Harbor Freight Jointer in reply to Kevin (FL), 11-08-2005 05:26:39

I don't know if it's typical or they just forgot them in mine, but I didn't have any blade adjustment screws in the cutter head. I had to fire up the HF milling machine and mill them in. If you had to pay a machine shop to do the job, it would probably cost you the difference between a higher quality joiner. Like most Asian machines these things work satisfactory but they are basically kits when you get them. Plan on a lot of adjustments and modifications. Also, the 1/4" fence tightening rod broke the first time I used it. More modifications and machining.

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KEH

11-08-2005 18:33:24

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Re: Harbor Freight Jointer in reply to Kevin (FL), 11-08-2005 05:26:39

Kevin, I have a HF jointer as you describe and it has given satisfactory service. The one I have was made in Taiwan. As near as I can tell, it is a copy of an old Delta. Castings are heavy and well machined. It uses belt drive.I don't think the switches are well made, I had to have one replaced on a HF band saw. The Jointer occasionally wont start, just buzzs, and I have to rotate the motor by hand to a different position, then it starts. I'm sure an electrician could tell me the fix for this. Adjustments work well. The fasteners for the base are cheaply made. It is a full sized machine, no toy. Hope this helps.

KEH

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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

11-08-2005 17:29:28

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Re: Harbor Freight Jointer in reply to Kevin (FL), 11-08-2005 05:26:39

Asian 15" planers are almost all built in the same factory. I assume the same is true for jointers. That is not to say there aren't differences in quality, however: premium brands get first pick at the castings; loss leaders get lower quality goods from the same plant. So the design will be pretty good. The devil is in the details.

From what I have seen of one Busy Bee 8" jointer I had to set up in a school shop, I'd suggest that you try to adjust the outfeed table. If the casting sand hasn't blocked the movement it should allow you to raise the bed well clear of the blades. On the one I was setting up I could only install the blades at one height, almost tight to the head, as the table wouldn't raise high enough to allow more tooth on the knives.

I haven't heard anything bad about the motors in the last few years, but I'd check for allignment of the tables and whether they have full range of movement. The tables don't have to be perfect to work, but you have to be able to get the outfeed table up level with the knives.

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