I am a woodworker want to be, I fell in love with the idea of creating modern furniture a year ago and I been colleting tools ever since, I have build a nice shop (not insulated yet) and also have been enquiring some nice tools (Saw Stop table saw, MM16 band saw …. I recently purchase a jointer thinking I will be able to have my boards perfectly flat.
This is where you season woodworkers can make fun of us poor beginners, I do not know what I am doing wrong, I have my new beautiful 8” grizzly jointer with spiral heads. I have level and tuned it, as they recommend. All looks perfect, BUT when I took a board that is slightly cup and run it through the jointer, the boards cuts at the front of the board but does not cut at the back, I keep on passing the board through the jointer and by the time is looks like it is flat I have the front part about ˝ inch in thinness and the back is still about 1 inch. Close to the original size of the wood. Another time I try this again and this time I pass the board and after a few passes I flip the board so the front is the back and I end up with the ends being thin and the middle thicker.
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I made sure that the jointer table is perfectly straight and there are no dips in the cast iron. HELP I do not know what I am doing wrong. I do not want to try this with my good wood.
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I think I am in love… never thought a person can fall in love with tools, I think is a vise and I have lost control…… but I love this new found fascination .
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Thanks
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Fred