Wood Jointer Tips for Setting Up and Using a Jointer
Wood Jointer Tips for Setting Up and Using a Jointer
A Wood Jointers is used to make boards straight, flat and square. Setting them up and using a jointer can be frustrating if you are not getting good results, so this video will help bring these elements together so that building home furniture, jewelry boxes, storage units, house molding, cutting boards, and other wooden items that require precision sides, will not be a mystery to make. In this video, we look at how to use a wood jointer and also look at some tips and tricks that will help you in the use of your jointer.
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The jointer model and explanation are really clear – thanks so much!
The fact that you made a mock-up to demo for this is impressive.
Thank you😊
Just got a delta jointer and couldn’t figure out why I kept a bow. Thank you for clear instructions
My grandfather past down his old 7/8 HP craftsman 5-1/8inch jointer to me after he died and after everything, blades are higher than outfeed, I’m concentrating pressure on the outfeed and I’m still getting snipe at the last inch. The outfeed is fixed and doesn’t move so I don’t know what to do. Love your channel if you have any pointers for a new woodworker id really appreciate it.
Just bought my first jointer last week, this video was extremely helpful with no-brainer info. Thanks!
Newbie here. So glad I watched this. Thank you!
Geat video thanks, for a board that has a cup will that be the same proses as with a bow?
What a useful video! Thank you so much for the help!
Thank you; you answered a question I was very confused about (where to put the pressure).
If you take the same thickness blocks on either ends of the string and use a third block to check if the string is parallel throughout
Love the videos,very good info
I appreciate all the extra effort taken with the demonstrative apparatus and explaining it to a novice hobbyist like myself. Thank you.
i wish i had found this video earlier! I ve made all the mistakes you mention! Bad quality corner for setting up the fence… also set the knives slightly lower than the outfeed… Thankfully i found your video before the beatiful piece of european ash i am jointing is destroyed!
I wasn’t taught a lot of this in wood shop, and I’ve been doing a lot wrong for decades. This video is game changing. Thank you.
hello..I made a safety guide after watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
Thank you for all the effort, great video Collin!
Thanks for your tips, however, there is one tip that does not work. Using dental floss or a similar thin cord would show if the fence is concave, since you would see a gap in the middle. But if the fence is convex, then the floss would simply follow the curve and there would be no gaps, but the fence would not actually be straight. The only way to use floss would be to set it off the fence a couple of millimetres at each end and then see if the fence is parallel to the cord.
Watched this video and the quality of my joints increased greatly. My blades were set correctly, but I just needed some fine tuning on technique. Thanks !!
Learned a lot. Good to know when restoring an old rusty machine.
Your expelation of how and why to apply pressure to the workpiece is the best that I have seen, very clear thanks!
Thank you so much for this video, I have been using a jointer for about a day now and I have watched other videos prior, yours is the first one that broke it down like it was for a person who had never used a jointer before, not a refresher course. You have saved me thousands of hours of wasted time and wood. Thank you so much
nicely done I have the same jointer and this really helped
Thank you for the great tips!
Excellent tutorial!!! Thank you!!!
You are amazing, thank you for this tips!
Colin – this is a really helpful video, but I have to say I’m a bit confused. I just bought a brand new Grizzly Jointer that has a spiral cutter head and the instruction manual says to make the outfeed table level to the body of the cutterhead (not the blades) and then to make the infeed table level to the outfeed table. From your videos and others I’ve seen, it looks like a jointer’s infeed table should be slightly lower than the cutterhead and the outfeed table. Is this true when the infeed table is set to 0? The Grizzly model I bought, the GO946, has 4 adjustment screws on each table and so far I haven’t been able to lower the table to be level with the cutterhead. I’m going to call Grizzly support, but this question about how the tables should be when infeed is at 0 depth – I’d be interested in your answer to this. Thanks.
Well understanding video,I got the whole thing Colin nice one
I used to be an instructor at a nuclear power plant. You are a great instructor!
Excellent video by a great teacher.
Good video
Clearest video on jointer strategy I have seen. A+
Thank You!!!
Thank you for taking the time to explain and give visual examples. I’m sure I will have better results tomorrow because of it!
Great video. Great information for a new owner of a jointer.
I like the exaggerated model
I have seen jointers, and several planers, that had metal surfaces that were not at all flat, or straight, or true. I bought a beautiful 6" Oliver jointer, brand new, helical cutter head, with 18 carbide inserts, and I needed to make new gibs for it. Couldn’t cut a flat, straight piece no matter what I did. The manufacturer was stumped, too. After making the gibs it is a spectacular tool.
Good video except I don’t agree with you when jointing the edge. You said keep pressure on OUTFEED TABLE SIDE. In my opinion by doing that a person would create a SEESAW effect on the backside of the board and the backside might not get cut. I would rather keep pressure on the infeed table side as long as I can because the wood on the outfeed side has already been cut. I do agree that it is important to keep the wood pressured against the fence in order to get a 90 degree cut.
Hi there again uncle (smile) Colin, another prize-winning video. Thank You and God bless.
I am a newby with a jointer and this is a great explanation. I put too much pressure on the wrong places and get bad results. Ill start practicing the right way. I will also get a fixed square for setting up the tool.
Thank you
Thanks for this! I recently changed my jointer knives and cleaned the dovetail ways on the infeed table. Since doing this, my jointer now cuts concave edges on boards (a hump in the middle) and I can’t get straight boards for glue ups. I’ve double checked table alignment over and over again and everything seems fine. My outfeed table is not lower than the infeed table. What could be causing this? I do notice some noise in my cutter head, so I think I may have a bad bearing that needs to be replaced. I don’t think that could be causing it, though. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated as I’m beyond frustrated at this point!! Thanks!
The best ever tutorial I have ever seen re: Jointer Use. (and I have seem many many others.
Thanks Colin, I’m currently restoring an old Australian made jointer so I’ll be watching your video again before I start using it. Very informative with clear instructions. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Well done, really appreciate the level of detail and not too wordy, straight to the point. Keep making videos, you’re helping a lot of people!
I don’t think we could have a better explanation. Really great content! Thank you!
You mention using a digital inclinometer for setting up your saw blades why not use it for setting up the jointer fence
I owed you a subscribe just for this video. Awesome
What brand is your jointer?
well damn…. you taught me so much in a nice short amount of time. Many thanks!
Just purchased a jointer ! Thanks so much for making this video this helps tremendously!