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hello folks have not been on in a while tried to look this up but found nothing... has anyone found a satisfactory replacement for jointer blades. i unfortunately took a ship out of all three hitting a nail which i do not think will sharpen out... thanks for your replies in advance Tim

i was speaking of other companies besides shopsmith thanks

Shopsmith blades are tapered to prevent them from being thrown from the head. I haven't seen any other replacements that have the taper so I would recommend just ordering a new set from Shopsmith.
Then, take your old set out and see if they can be sharpened again. If the chip is very big, sharpening won't work, but if it is a really small nick, it might.

You do know about shifting the blades sideways so the nicks do not align?

I would recommend getting a new set of blades. Besides it is nice to have an extra set for just such an occasion.

As JPG said there is room to offset the blades. If the nicks are small enough after sharpening offsetting the blades can work. I would recommend sharpening them before doing this to remove any burrs from the nicked edges. There is about an 1/8" of clearance on the near side before the blade will hit the infeed table. On the far side there is clearance between the head and the bearing/mounting. The picture below shows a blade offset towards the near side as indicated by the arrow.

Thanks folks for the input.. i did not know about the shifting for which I thank you... hoping you all have a merry Christmas Tim