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| Author: | wbergman [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | help with home made level for jointer set up |
I think there was a post a few years ago with a link to a site that described how to make a long level from MDF and a few adjustable screws. Can anyone direct me to such a site? Thanks |
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| Author: | SteveG [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
It's possible to use a plumbbob and midpoints on a sheet to make a level. See if you can figure it out from this picture: http://www.greatplanestrading.com/StP10/DSCN0672.jpg |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
You can use 2 squares one on each table and they should mate over the knives. A jointer has to be well set up to be a useful tool. Your out put will only be as good as the input. |
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| Author: | murrmac [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
Why would you need a level to set up a jointer? A long(ish) straightedge and a set of feeler gauges , that's all you need ... |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
I concur with John Hall and two squares...........with the warning your squares have to be accurate. All squares are not equal,just make sure yours are 90 degrees. Tom |
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| Author: | wbergman [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
Thank you for the correction (and the other ideas, too). I meant "straight edge", "not level". The article I saw before used something like a six inch by four feet piece of MDF with a trick to put in bolts on the edge and get them lined up exactly. It was a really simple trick, but it slipped my old mind. I think it used two boards as mirrors of each other. |
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| Author: | wbergman [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help with home made level for jointer set up |
Todd, I think that was the method I was referring to. What is the use of the six inch ruler? Thanks. |
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