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Jointer and planer advice requested. (post #89612)

John_in_Petaluma on Wed, 10/20/1999 - 17:35

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I am buying tools for a new home shop. My main interest is in furniture making and restoration. So far I have purchased a Delta Unisaw w/30" Biesemeyer fence and a Delta 14" "Grand Edition" band saw.

My next purchases will be a jointer and a planer. I would like to know if the Delta 37-195 Professional Jointer is up to the task. The price is right. The DJ-20 is a bit large for my shop (2 car garage and I need room for 1 car when I'm not working). The Inca combo jointer/planer is a possability but very expensive and is only 10 1/2" which is fine for a jointer but seems iffy for a planer. How good are the new portable planers, the Dewalt DW733 and the Delta 22-560? Which is better?

Thank you for your time.

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by cortland_privateer in reply to John_in_Petaluma [original] on Wed, 10/13/1999 - 00:19

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Do yourself the biggest favor in the world, BUY EUROPEAN.

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by James_Wilson in reply to John_in_Petaluma [original] on Sun, 10/17/1999 - 18:36

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I own a Delta 37-195 jointer and it can't joint boards well
at all. Infact my table saw does a much better job. It looks
like the problem with my jointer is in the out feed table
which droops at the end causing concave edges. I was considering getting rid of it for a DJ-20, however now
concerened about ending up with more junk.

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by Scott_Clark in reply to Anonymous [original] on Mon, 10/18/1999 - 04:45

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I am also interested in building furniture on weekends in my two car garage. I bought the Delta 37-195 jointer but found the fence was not true and the tables need alignment. The fence wasn't so bad that I couldn't have used it and the tables can be aligned with a lot of effort. I was set to buy the DJ-20 jointer but was concerned about all the negative messages on the internet and the cost. I am of the opinion that Delta et al has compromised too much quality to keep costs down. My strategy is to buy 1940 to 1960's era machines, but be careful because many manufacturers either don't make replacement parts or aren't around. Many times you can pick up old jointers for a song. They're fairly simple tools and not much can go wrong. No matter what you decide, buy the longest table you can afford.

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by Victor_Caroli in reply to Anonymous [original] on Tue, 10/19/1999 - 17:43

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Help, guys! I'm in the market for a portable planer and a jointer. I'm looking at the DeWalt 12 1/2" planer (DW 733). Are there other DeWalts I should consider? I've narrowed the jointer choice to the 6" Delta and the 6" Jet. Any recommendations? Any other ideas in the same price range?

PS My wife buys me tools for anniversaries and Valentine's Day. Try hitting up your wives. It's not something a wife normally thinks of. They're thinking romance - we're thinking routers!

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by Paul_C. in reply to John_in_Petaluma [original] on Wed, 10/20/1999 - 17:35

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Victor,
I own both the Dewalt 12-1/2" planer and now the Jet 6" jointer. Both work great with now problems. I was quite impressed with the Jet jointer being that it worked perfectly right out of the box with no adjustments needed. I own other Jet equipment and am very pleased with all.
Paul C.

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by Kerm in reply to John_in_Petaluma [original] on Fri, 01/30/2004 - 08:01

Thanks for your comments on the Delta DJ-20. I agree, albeit I'm a novice and just bought the jointer. Haven't done much work so far, but am very pleased with it (especially because I just upgraded from a combination machine that was a low quality and too cumbersome to use).

Do you have any advice on the Fence? Specifically, how do I get the fence to slide easily over the tabletop without scratching the outfeed table? The fence has a little lip (4-6" or so) running along the bottom. The pros of this lip are that it allows fence to rest beautifully on the table and ensures that the measuring tape at the left end of the fence is accurate. However, it also means that I can't move the fence forward or backward without dragging on the table. Is this normal, or should the fence have clearance above the table? If it's supposed to clear the table, how the heck do I set the 90-degree stop to provide the clearance? Unless I'm blind or just too inexperienced, I can't see any method to do that.

Can you advise?

Thanks from Australia...

Kerim

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by Railyn in reply to Anonymous [original] on Wed, 01/10/2007 - 23:28

Hi Kerm:

I have the same jointer; Delta JD20, 8". I don't recall doing any special set-up for the fence other that squaring it to the table. Mine also rides on the outfeed table but it is not a problem. One thing I did do was take a 12" flat bastard file and ease all of the rough edges on the piece of equipment. This included the in and out feet tables. Then I coated everything with paste wax. I apply paste wax to all of my equipment at least twice a month. Once I got my jointer set up it has worked great for me.

Ray If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when do you have time to do it over?

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by colebearanimals in reply to John_in_Petaluma [original] on Thu, 01/11/2007 - 02:23

Hi John, Have you looked at Grizzley ? 25 years ago I bought a grizzley 3hp shaper. I ended up having to completley rebuild it and tweek it to get satisfactory performance ( has worked like a champ ever since ). 2 months ago I purchased a 8'' jointer with spiral cutterhead. Absolutely perfect right out of the crate....... My point. Grizzley is making some very excellent tools these days and I don't hesitate recomending them.

Have fun woodworking, Paul

p.s. also have the ossilating edge sander,2 shapers, all in a cabinet shop enviornment

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by bones in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 01/11/2007 - 17:46

Ditto on that!!! I have the 1023 TS, 17" BS, and Horizontial boring machine. I'm looking at that very jointer right now, but for a little more they have a 10". Decisions decisions!!! Is your's the parallel tables, or the dovetail design?

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If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

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by colebearanimals in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 01/11/2007 - 17:58

It's the dovetail designed one with the spiral insert cutterhead. The only problem I had was 1 of the carbide inserts was mis- milled. All I did was replace it with one of the extras supplied and ....perfection. Great valvue