I just bought this 6" jointer on an impulse from CL after getting tired of waiting for the Ridgid jointers in my area to go on clearance. I having a bit of buyers remorse, possibly unjustified because I know next to nothing about jointers. First, I can find Nothing about this machine online. There's not much regarding Northwood Industrial Machinery, either. Anyone familiar with this company? I was hoping to find a manual, but I'm not holding my breath.
The other issue is the knives. The ones that were in the machine are 6 1/16" x 21/32 (between 5/8 and 11/16) and need to be replaced. Freud makes 6 1/16" knives but they are 3/4". How can I tell if these will work with my jointer? Without a manual, I don't know what size the machine is supposed to use.
Any thoughts about the knives, tuning, set-up etc. would be greatly appreciated. I've been reading some general info, but a lot of this comes back to "Refer to Your Manual".