method for finding TDC on jointer

[mel]

if you can determine what angle the knives set in the cutterhead, machine a block to that angle and use some metal stock the thickness of the knives, wouldn't that be an easy way to find top dead center on a jointer?

[Thomas Bunetta]

[Wood Turn It Dont Burn It]

Get a cheapie dial indicator and base, good place to look is Harbor Frieght.

STEMO

[mel]

a dial indicator will find TDC easy enough but I was thinking this would be a way to hold the cutterhead in position while you wedge it in place....then break out the dial indicator

[Charlie Self]

mel notes:

Piece of glass, tempered preferably. You can see the knives as they touch.

Charlie Self "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." Mark Twain