Thanks for the video! Do you have a video that explains the whole process of milling boards for furniture projects: including jointing, planing, and evaluating workpieces as you step through the work?
Why do you refer to the knives as the cutter head? The knives mount to the cutter head. Yours happens to be a spiral style cutter head and is in no way a helical cutter head. They are vastly different.
Thanks for the informative review! The biggest knock I hear about bench top planers is the capacity which you mentioned. Do you ever wish you would have saved your money for a stand alone planer with larger capacities?
For the price I paid for the Rikon jointer it preforms very well. However, now that I have discovered other ways to preform the operations the jointer completes I would have much rather saved the money for a larger model in the future. Benchtop 12” thickness planers are actually incredibly useful and I have no need for a larger thickness planer in the shop. The best budget setup in my opinion would be a 10-12” jointer and a 12” Benchtop planer.
Pretty flimsy. Own a porter-cable one with the same setup. It is flimsy but seems to work alright. I'm thinking of ways to upgrade it to be the full-length of the jointer.
It is pretty flimsy, it’s light weight aluminum, however with that being said once you lock it into place it’s pretty dang sturdy! I haven’t had any problems with it so far.
GET SOME PUSH BLOCKS!!!! ..... dragging the board through with your trailing thumb like that will cost you a thumb...I KNOW :/
Thanks for the video! Do you have a video that explains the whole process of milling boards for furniture projects: including jointing, planing, and evaluating workpieces as you step through the work?
Well thank you! Not exactly, I’ll consider making one!
Hi. I have seen many videos about jointers , I must admit yours is one of the best. Excellent job.
Have you ever attempted to joint long pieces of lumber, roughly 6-7 feet in length?
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Jointing anything over 4” is rather difficult with this jointer unless you build table extensions at the back and the front.
Why do you refer to the knives as the cutter head? The knives mount to the cutter head. Yours happens to be a spiral style cutter head and is in no way a helical cutter head. They are vastly different.
Thanks for the informative review! The biggest knock I hear about bench top planers is the capacity which you mentioned. Do you ever wish you would have saved your money for a stand alone planer with larger capacities?
For the price I paid for the Rikon jointer it preforms very well. However, now that I have discovered other ways to preform the operations the jointer completes I would have much rather saved the money for a larger model in the future. Benchtop 12” thickness planers are actually incredibly useful and I have no need for a larger thickness planer in the shop. The best budget setup in my opinion would be a 10-12” jointer and a 12” Benchtop planer.
Bro great video on the fence 🤙, do you happen to have one on how to aligned the in feed table?
Thank you! I don’t have a video on that as the tables were properly aligned when I got the saw so I’ve never had to change them thankfully!
@@_Shopfix can’t say the same about mine haha
Can you do a large slab on it
You could edge joint a slab but you could not face joint a large slab that’s wider than the jointer.
How firm or flimsy is the fence?
Pretty flimsy. Own a porter-cable one with the same setup. It is flimsy but seems to work alright. I'm thinking of ways to upgrade it to be the full-length of the jointer.
It is pretty flimsy, it’s light weight aluminum, however with that being said once you lock it into place it’s pretty dang sturdy! I haven’t had any problems with it so far.