Jointer Blades

[e2512]

I have three of the early 4E jointers. Two of them are are rebuildable but the other looks like it fell out of the back of a truck and laid in the ditch for 40 years. I've taken the two good ones apart and have a question to blade size.

One them has blades that measure 11/16" wide. The others measure 5/8" wide. But the 5/8" wide look like they have never been sharpened. It's my understanding that all the jointers are basicly the same. So what's the correct width blades?

Thanks, Tom

[billmayo]

As long as they are 4" wide, I would use them. Shopsmith has listed .688" as the minimum height to reuse the blades. I do not go below .750" in height when sharpening the joiner blades. I find I can get 6 to 8 sharping's per blade before discarding them.