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   BilljustBill | Feb 14, 2007 05:25am | #1

      Let me ask you to also look at the Oliver 10" or the newest Grizzly 12" jointer....   3hp motor (Oliver has a Baldor), triple belt drive, 84" long bed...More bang for the buck...

      FYI  Bill

   
   

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   Edited 2/13/2007 9:33 pm ET by BilljustBill

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   creekwood | Feb 14, 2007 05:43am | #3

   Thanks, Bill. I thought I had heard the Oliver wasn't up to par with some of the other tools out there. I'll take a look at the Grizzly. I would like the extra steel, and the length is a big plus.

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   BilljustBill | Feb 14, 2007 05:48am | #6

      Hello CW,

      If you run across the info about the 10" Oliver, would you mind posting the link?   Do you remember what the problems were?

     Thanks,  Bill

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   creekwood | Feb 14, 2007 05:55am | #8

   I don't remember where I saw it, but it seems like a couple of people were saying it wasn't as solid as the old Oliver was. Different company, and it showed. But that was just an opinion, so it may be ok. I'll see what I can find out.

   thanks,

   Jerry

    

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   Wanda200 | Feb 14, 2007 06:07am | #9

   Hi,

   Is it normal for a jointer to give you a lot of resistance when removing approx. 1/16" of material on a 1X8 (7 1/4")    3/4" thick piece of pine ??? just didn't feel right to me.

   I had the tech adjust the fence system on my 8" King Industrial jointer and while he was here I planed a piece of pine just to make sure it was working properly.  I encounted a bit too much resistance for my comfort. I'm pretty sure I was planing with the grain. I will joint it on edge tomorrow something I should have done while the tech was here. I'll see how much resistance that gives me. It left Mill marks on the face of the board. Very noticable marks. Not sure if that's normal. Perhaps I should try taking less materail off next time see how that goes.  (pretty sure i had the depth gauge set for 1/16") I've used an industrial  jointer once before and don't remember that kind of resistance. Having to push that hard... The jointer is brand new. So the knives are sharp. and aligned properly. (Parallel to the outfeed and infeed tables) The fence is properly set at 90 degrees to the tables. Again the tech didn't have much experience with using jointers. These guys can put machines together but they don't know how to use them... hmmmm

   Is it normal to see noticable mill marks after running a board through the jointer.  I'd have to run a  smoothing plane over this piece of pine to get rid of those unsightly marks left by the jointer.

   Wanda

    

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   2x4 | Feb 14, 2007 06:48am | #10

   Wanda.. It certainly sounds like you have dull knives. The fact that the jointer is new does not necessarily mean that the knives are sharp and with milling marks on the surface it makes me feel even more that it is dull knives,I have a 12 in Bridgewood and just completed face jointing boards that had a lot of dust/sand on them. In one day I went from easy to hard pushing to face joint. It is not quite as noticeable when edge jointing. A 1/16th is not a heavy cut.

   Brian

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   miller | Feb 14, 2007 05:30am | #2

   Take a look at BilljustBill's comment.  If I wasn't broke I would not go for anything less than a 12" jointer, but I am broke and still have a 6".

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   creekwood | Feb 14, 2007 05:48am | #5

   That's what I have now, a 6" jointer. It's been great, but I need more. I've got about 2700 bf of cherry I'm milling into crown, base, chair rail, and wainscot. Huge project for me, but could be a start of more. I'll pay for the jointer from this job, along with a couple of other pieces. If I can swing the 12", I will.

   Thanks for the help,

   Jerry

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   tinkerer2 | Feb 14, 2007 05:44am | #4

   I hope you don't expect to carry it around a whole lot.  At around 750 lbs. shipping wt. it is not so portable.  I'm sure you have read the stats or you wouldn't be interested in it.  I have had one almost a year now but have not used it much because I have been to busy setting up the shop.  I think you will find it every thing you might expect.  Very well thought out and well made.  Very long beds should straighten the longest board.  You will probably wish you had a twelve inch sometimes, however.  You will need dust collection as the chamber below the cutterhead fills up quickly without proper extraction.  I might be in minority but I think it would be better with a wheel rather than the lever adjustment for the out feed table.  After having an old Craftsman that didn't even have adjustment on the out-feed table, uneven out-feed table and the unmanageable fence, the 882 is a dream.  The old Craftsman was about the same length as the fence on the 882.  Another thing, I'm not to crazy about is the noise - very loud whine.

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   creekwood | Feb 14, 2007 05:53am | #7

   Thanks, tink. I've been checking it out for a while. I've checked on the mobile base for it, would be a big help to rearrange when needed. I have a new Steel City dust collector, 1100cfm, which should take care of the shavings. Pleased with that piece. I like the idea of the 12", and I may go that route. You say it's a little loud, huh?

   thanks,

   Jerry