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by frc
Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:35 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Updates to an Original ShopSmith
Replies: 10
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Paul
Congrats, on the old Green ShopSmith. I too have just inherited a 1960 version, but am not a stranger to SS as we have had them in our garage since I was 2. My dad had an old green and recently got a 97 version. My aunt had a brown one which I got and an uncle had an old SawSmith. The one I ...
by frc
Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:41 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Replacing jointer knives
Replies: 43
Views: 23219

Jointer Knife Adjust Info

There is a great article in WOOD MAGAZINE, Oct 96 pp 74 -78, "Jointer Tune-up", for 3 methods of knife setting.

The best method I have found is (low tech) to simply use a piece of 1/2" glass the size of your table width by 12 to 14 inch long. It willl work fast and produce results that will ...