I'm getting lots of chatter with my new Bridgewood 6" jointer. The knives are sharp and flush with the outfeed table. I've tried using the supplied setting gage but it's kinda small and easy to rock out of position. I got the best results using my Starret 24" rule by setting the first blade with the setting gage, raise the outfeed table till the knife will just "tick" the rule front and back and then set the other 2 knives using the "tick" method.
The amount i tighten the 4 screws that hold the balde in seems to have some amount of effect also. How tight should i make them? Am i distorting the cutter head when i tighten them?
I've been testing with a ~24" piece of 2x4 a stick of Ipe. The Ipe (1" wide) will chatter so bad it's scary. Accoring to my calipers i'm taking about .015" on a light pass.
I've been working on it for 4 hours and i'm ready to get a hammer...
Brian