Ok, I took the knives out now I can figure out which direction their suppose to face when I put them back in. I think it's bevel on the back side not on the cutting side right?
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Which way do jointer knives go in?
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Bevel back. Hope you didn't distort the cutterhead. Tom Someday, it'll all be over....
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Yes, the flat side contacts the wood.
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good question. I ran out to my jointer to check; it's bevel away from the direction of rotation. if you are looking at the jointer from the operator's point of view, the head rotates clockwise and the bevel would be towards the outfeed table when the blade is at 12 o'clock.
dave
Lost> Ok, I took the knives out now I can figure out which direction their suppose
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bevel on the backside. but you should have looked before removing them. you only replace one knife at a time.
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bevel facing the outfeed table, sharp edge facing the infeed table
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That's what I thought. Now it's time to take apart the piano...
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Sharp side up, of course ;)
--randy
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"... you only replace one knife at a time."
Educate me...why? In my case I've always removed all 3 knives, dropped them off to be sharpened, picked them up the next day so I don't keep an extra set around. Now I feel like there is something I do not know..explain please.
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I wrote..."Now I feel like there is something I do not know..explain please."
Which by the way happens often....
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it may have changed but you are supposed to have another set and remove a knife replace it and work your way around. this keeps the tension even and keeps warping from happening. but maybe that was bull it's been awhile since I read a jointer manual.
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*THAT* takes "forte"-tude.
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It has to do with possible warping of the cutterhead, should you torque up a knife with nothing else in the other slots.
As long as things are loosened fairly evenly (the other two), one at a time is no problem, nor is a full set, which I keep on hand because it's quick to get back up and running if the muse is on me and the chip on the knives.