Final jointer upgrade

[Chris Padilla]

LOL...now who's dropping some serious coin on their hobby!!

Congrats, John...looks like a winner!

[Christopher Stahl]

Congrats John, looks like an excellent setup. Your making me jealous.

chris

[Alan Turner]

John,
You have had this for awhile now. Do you find that the down pressure of the feeder causes the jointer to be a bit ineffective for badly bowed or twisted stock? IN other words, does it push the bow or twist out of the stock over the cutterhead so that when it exits, you have a smooth sided bow or twist.

I am pushing through a ton of wood for a 10 bench project right now, and a power feeder is looking pretty nice, although I am pretty sure I won't be doing it, and this is really just a quesition of curiosity.

[John Miliunas]

Alan, it does quite nicely with the warped/twisted boards. The caveat with that being, of course, if the board has a "healthy" twist to it, you lose a LOT of material by the time you get a flat surface. By the time you then feed it through the planer and take the "mirror" of the twist off, there's not a lot left! Typically, when I come across boards with a bad twist, I'll do like most guys do and chop it up into shorter, but still useable lengths before processing. Saves a lot of material and time. Hope that answers what you were looking for. If not, drop me another line!

[Jay Knoll]

OK John, you get the prize for a G without using the G word.

Seriously I am happy that this lets you keep on making stuff while dealing with your arthritis.

Jay

[Tyler Howell]

How did I miss this the first time??
Congrats.

[John Miliunas]

How did I miss this the first time??
Congrats.

Who knows? You were probably out rompin' around on some tropical isle with scantily clad babes serving you drinks with umbrella's in them! (Thanks anyhow!!!)