Jointer Flatness - Opinions

.005"?? That's 5 thousandths of an inch????

And I thought I had a tendency to be anal!!!

Nahh!!! I'd hold out for .001"

Bill Le> I have spent the last several weeks looking at jointers and have decided to

It's not so much a question of being anal as expecting reasonable manufacturing quality. Jointer tables and fences should have ground surfaces and 3 to 5 mil flatness isn't unreasonable for ground surfaces that are just a little over 6 inches wide.

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:45:46 GMT, Mapdude Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:

you'd be surprised how much 5 thousandths really is... makes a picture frame look like a 8 pointed star, , , to which your SWMBO will say something like, "we pay all that money for those machines in the basement, and you make s*it like this?" or if she's really nice, she'll give you the look one usually reserves for a child giving you a picture of a green dog barking at a purple sun, and reserve room for it on the refrigerator.

Traves

JGS,

I assume you're refering to Aug 02 posts on the REC. I had read them and went back and read them again. While it was mentioned that flatness was important, I didn't see any posts where anyone offered an opinion as what value was reasonable. That's why I'm asking now.

Bill