Dohhh! I killed my new jointer blades.

[woodArtz]

I think I just made one of those expensive rookie mistakes. I bought a new 8" jointer last weekend (not the mistake). I ran a couple of boards through it and showed the wife how cool it was (to justify the purchase of course). It cut so effortlessly, making beautiful, smooth flat cuts.

Then, as I watched my wife and her furniture design classmate struggle to get straight, flat cuts on their work, I suggested that we run their pieces through my brand spankin' new jointer. It worked like a charm. The pieces came out straight and flat. The two ladies were impressed :-D. I strutted around the shop like a rooster, until... I ran another of my boards through the jointer. The face of the jointed wood had a series of striations that looked just like the edge of the BB PLYWOOD that I had run through for the girls. I killed my jointer blades!!! :slap: Ok, I know, I know, everyone probably knows, don't run engineered wood through a jointer with standard blades. Now I know.... I should stick to turning :-(.

Where did y'all say I could get cheap jointer blades? :BangHead:

 

[WoodWrangler]

Well, you're not alone in the rookie mistakes on the jointer category! I too ran some boards with a bunch of hardened glue and ended up with a jointer that created a raised stripe board!

Luckly I was able to salvage it for a while by adjusting one blade right a notch, one blade left a notch and leaving one alone.

Then later I sent the blades off for a sharpening -- which was amazing. Because they they came back they were sharper than ever and cut wood like butter!

On a similar note ... if you get your blades sharpened, I've heard it's best to request they "back bevel" (I think) the cut. This will make it cut better in all boards, including highly figured.

 

[NCPete]

first, you can address the fact that you just messed up part of the knives by moving the fence over that part of the cutter head, but what you really need is this:
Byrd Shelix

here is a pic

 

[DaveO]

You might be able to shift the knives each a little one way or the other and get the nicks to be off-set. That will buy you a little time before they need to be re-sharpened or replaced.

Ran a board with a screw in it over my new jointer, about two hours after I first got.....I feel your pain. I am still using the same knives, I just shifted them.

Dave

 

[rickc]

On my planer I have blades sharpened on both sides. I simply reverse ONE of them and get the same effect as shifting one and/or the other to the side. Blades have lasted a long time.

On the subject of resharpening the blades, where can I send them around the Raleigh area, and about how much is charged for the service?

 

[Keye]

For folks around Charlotte I would look somewhere besides Charlotte Saw and Knife.

Sent two sets of jointer knives and neither will cut hot butter.

They sharpened a hollow mortise chisel on the outside. They did refund me the cost of the chisel. Said their regular guy was out. ??????????

I found out about the jointer knives after talking with them about several other problems and just did not feel like going through all of it again. They might have done something about it but I was tired of going back and forth to the UPS store. Never should have happened in the first place.

 

[gator]

On the subject of resharpening the blades, where can I send them around the Raleigh area, and about how much is charged for the service?

Rick -

I use Raleigh Saw. The last time I sent some it was $9 for a set of three 6" jointer knives and $9 for a set of two 12½" planer knives. I mail them in and the return shipping was $7.50.

George

 

[dave "dhi"]

george, does raliegh saw sharpen dewalts dbl sided planers knifes(735 blades)? they do great job on my bussiness carbide saw blades! :icon_thum

 

[gator]

george, does raliegh saw sharpen dewalts dbl sided planers knifes(735 blades)? they do great job on my bussiness carbide saw blades! :icon_thum

I have no idea. Mine are for the DW 733 which are meant to be resharpened. I'm not sure anyone sharpens the "disposable" knives.

George

 

[dave "dhi"]

disposable at $70 plus dollars a lick!!! wooo!8-O :eusa_doh:

 

[Travis Porter]

I have run plywood before and never had that happen. Where I get burned is hitting a staple. As others have suggested, you can shift your knives to get by for now.

 

[WoodWrangler]

FYI - I mailed my blades (jointer & tablesaw) to Ridge Carbide for sharpening. They know their stuff and did an amazing job on everything I've sent their way. Not the cheapest, but not too expensive either. A sharp blade is a safe blade ... so I usually the pay the extra couple of bucks to have someone I trust do it ... and do it right.

Here's a link to their pricing.
http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/sharpening.php?osCsid=588e31cddc6dfb0f26f17c28b24f642b

 

[jeff...]

Just be thankful it wasn't a nail...

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

I know where you can get a cheap set of 8" jointer blades-

I'll sell you two sets (6 blades) of new/never used 8" X 3/4" X 1/8" jointer blades (Delta DJ-20 size). One set is by Infinity, the other ??? Both sets for $50 + shipping.

For those who have the Tormek sharpening system and want to sharpen your own jointer/planer blades, I'm selling my Tormek SVH-320 jointer/planer blade sharpening jig for $65 + shipping (goes for $140 new) (jig only, not the Tormek!!).

 

[NCPete]

I know where you can get a cheap set of 8" jointer blades-

I'll sell you two sets (6 blades) of new/never used 8" X 3/4" X 1/8" jointer blades (Delta DJ-20 size). One set is by Infinity, the other ??? Both sets for $50 + shipping.

For those who have the Tormek sharpening system and want to sharpen your own jointer/planer blades, I'm selling my Tormek SVH-320 jointer/planer jig for $65 + shipping (goes for $140 new) (jig only, not the Tormek!!).

getting spoiled by the Byrd heads, Alan??:lol:

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

getting spoiled by the Byrd heads, Alan??:lol:

Yup, like you wouldn't believe!!!! :-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

 

[Ray Martin]

Bob,

Like several others have said in this thread, don't feel too bad... loads of us have done in a blade in one tool or another like this. How I managed to get a nick in one of my jointer blades, I just don't know. Fortunately for me, it's near the end so I just moved the fence over. It's not that I'm worried about the price of having them sharpened, but since it'll be the first time, I'm not so sure about getting them aligned when I put them back in the machine.

Ray

 

[NCPete]

Yup, like you wouldn't believe!!!! :-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

negotiating with LOML for a 20" head for my planer next year. I nearly have her convinced, as a NOISE-REDUCTION measure, both to protect my fragile hearing, and the lower sound levels in the house.

took some trial and error with my jointer, to avoid breaking teeth when I was changing them around, but since the last change, I haven't touched 'em, and I have run more tough woods across it in the last few months than ever before. I can't wait to be spoiled like you. Sharpening or replacing 20" knives ain't cheep!

 

[woodArtz]

Thanks folks. I learned a hard lesson, but it's not too bad. I've ordered a couple of sets of blades from Global. When they get here, I'll send off the others to be resharpened. I'm not quite ready for the Byrd head. I spent my tool budget this year. ;-)

 

[junquecol]

Everybody should practice setting their jointer/ planer knives. Then, when it is "crunch time", you know how to do this necessary job. After a couple tries, it becomes second nature. But you have to do the tries first. When do you want to practice- when you have time, or when a project is stalled because of needing to change knives? Now it takes me less than 30 minutes to change the knives on my 6" Grizzly jointer. It took a lot longer the first time though - a LOT LONGER!