I have a perfectly good set of four 8 inch jointer knives that are 13/16 inch wide/deep instead of the 3/4 inch specified for my jointer. I would like to use them but the issue is they are too high even when seated all they way into the cutter head. Yes, I could raise my outfeed table but then I could not use the knife setting tool that came with my machine. I know there are other methods for setting knife height, but I would like to be able to continue using the machine tool. Is it possible (or even advisable) to attempt to grind 1/16 inch off the butt of these knives? Has anyone tried this? Or is there another solution that I'm overlooking?
Thanks
Actually I would only need to take off about 1/32 inch and they could then be set with the machine jig.
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