Seeking 4" Jointer Knives

Aug 18, 2004 11 Replies
B

Hi All,



I have an old Rockwell 4" jointer (joiner?) that I use for edge jointing. I acquired this tool from a neighbor. He said it was his father's tool and no longer had a place for it. So I gladly took it off his hands.



Well, I need to replace the knives and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas where to start. Google didn't get me very far. I read somewhere that Delta makes them but I can't seem to find any.



The dimensions are 4" x 5/8" x 1/8"



Thanks,



Brad



PS- Is there a difference between "jointer" and "joiner"?


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G

Yep, joiner is a woodworker in Britspeak, or a biscuit in Dewalt.

I got mine from Amazon - Freud, I think.

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Rocky served me well for many years.

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E

IIRC A jointer is a machine a joiner is the person running the machine

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B

Fantastic! Thanks for the link.

So long, Brad

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> Rocky served me well for many years.

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J

Found some at

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a joint function is when the joiner turns off the jointer, goes into the house and turns on the SWMBO. :-)

mahalo, jo4hn

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B

try freud. either that, or your local yellow pages under sharpening services.

one has a "t" in it....

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T

Try your local sharpening shop. The one in our town said they could get just about any size, and the price and quality was good.

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I have a set that are marked Craftsman 9-2291 (18127) $10 if you can use them They are 4 3/8 long 1/8 thick and 11/16 high. They were sharpened and put away. I am in S F Bay are of Ca Scott

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technical assistance or service parts: USA - (800) 223-7278 Canada - (800) 463-3582

I bought one of these used some time ago and was able to buy the knifes, knobs and adjustment scales and markers right from Delta(the old Rockwell) I still use mine and have a backup one stored that was my Father-in-Laws that is near perfect save for needing to sharpen the blade's.

BTW, get yourself a knife setting gauge unless you're comfortable doing it by hand, the old way. And make sure you don't run it with the outfeed table set too high. Delta as a FAQ on their site that covers setting up the jointer.

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B

Thanks for all the posts. This has helped a lot!

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