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   Dustmight | Jan 16, 2005 03:22pm | #1

   I've seen it at the stores, and have had pleasant dealings with GI on other machines, but have not used the jointer.  It's a similar design to machines like the Jet, PM, Griz, Bridgewood, etc.  It has longer beds than other 6" jointers in it's price class, and gets really positive comments from users.

   
   

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   Edited 1/17/2005 7:18 pm ET by sliversRus

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   x372sailor | Jan 17, 2005 09:03am | #2

   I bought that jointer a year ago.  I bought it at a local wood show at a discount.  It was set up for demonstration at the show, so I had the advantage of a "tuned in" jointer when I got it home.  I have no other machine to compare it with so my observations are suspect.

   I had one hell of a time replacing the knives and getting them level. (Impossible?)  From my investigations, there is a technique to it so I must persevere.  I did test some recently jointed edges for edge jointing and they were perfect.

   I will buy a "jointer pal" magnetized guide to assist and see if that helps.  Before replacing blades, the jointer worked super, until I knicked a staple in the end of a board.

   Vibration is low.  Dust collection is excellent as long as you have a 4" hose and appropriate dust collector (I had to buy one - my shop vac didn't get the job done).

   The manual is next to useless.

   I am concerned that the fence appears to have become distorted.  I recently tried to square the fence and could see light in the middle of my square placed against the fence.

   Brian