Thanks for the informative review! The biggest knock I hear about bench top planers is the capacity which you mentioned. Do you ever wish you would have saved your money for a stand alone planer with larger capacities?
For the price I paid for the Rikon jointer it preforms very well. However, now that I have discovered other ways to preform the operations the jointer completes I would have much rather saved the money for a larger model in the future. Benchtop 12” thickness planers are actually incredibly useful and I have no need for a larger thickness planer in the shop. The best budget setup in my opinion would be a 10-12” jointer and a 12” Benchtop planer.
Thanks for the video! Do you have a video that explains the whole process of milling boards for furniture projects: including jointing, planing, and evaluating workpieces as you step through the work?
Pretty flimsy. Own a porter-cable one with the same setup. It is flimsy but seems to work alright. I'm thinking of ways to upgrade it to be the full-length of the jointer.
It is pretty flimsy, it’s light weight aluminum, however with that being said once you lock it into place it’s pretty dang sturdy! I haven’t had any problems with it so far.
Why do you refer to the knives as the cutter head? The knives mount to the cutter head. Yours happens to be a spiral style cutter head and is in no way a helical cutter head. They are vastly different.
Hi. I have seen many videos about jointers , I must admit yours is one of the best. Excellent job.
GET SOME PUSH BLOCKS!!!! ..... dragging the board through with your trailing thumb like that will cost you a thumb...I KNOW :/
Thanks for the informative review! The biggest knock I hear about bench top planers is the capacity which you mentioned. Do you ever wish you would have saved your money for a stand alone planer with larger capacities?
For the price I paid for the Rikon jointer it preforms very well. However, now that I have discovered other ways to preform the operations the jointer completes I would have much rather saved the money for a larger model in the future. Benchtop 12” thickness planers are actually incredibly useful and I have no need for a larger thickness planer in the shop. The best budget setup in my opinion would be a 10-12” jointer and a 12” Benchtop planer.
Thanks for the video! Do you have a video that explains the whole process of milling boards for furniture projects: including jointing, planing, and evaluating workpieces as you step through the work?
Well thank you! Not exactly, I’ll consider making one!
Bro great video on the fence 🤙, do you happen to have one on how to aligned the in feed table?
Thank you! I don’t have a video on that as the tables were properly aligned when I got the saw so I’ve never had to change them thankfully!
@@_Shopfix can’t say the same about mine haha
Have you ever attempted to joint long pieces of lumber, roughly 6-7 feet in length?
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Jointing anything over 4” is rather difficult with this jointer unless you build table extensions at the back and the front.
Can you do a large slab on it
You could edge joint a slab but you could not face joint a large slab that’s wider than the jointer.
How firm or flimsy is the fence?
Pretty flimsy. Own a porter-cable one with the same setup. It is flimsy but seems to work alright. I'm thinking of ways to upgrade it to be the full-length of the jointer.
It is pretty flimsy, it’s light weight aluminum, however with that being said once you lock it into place it’s pretty dang sturdy! I haven’t had any problems with it so far.
Why do you refer to the knives as the cutter head? The knives mount to the cutter head. Yours happens to be a spiral style cutter head and is in no way a helical cutter head. They are vastly different.