Jointer Set-Up for Perfect Cuts! 

Great video. This is the only video I found that actually talks about how to make every level and straight.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I especially appreciated that you didn’t have to use expensive tools to find out where adjustments were needed. Great job.

That's exactly how I do it. I'm actually surprised about your "drag" technique for setting the side-to-side parallelism of the outfeed to the knives because nobody showed me the technique. The reason I found your video was because I was wondering if there was anyone out there who approached it the same way as I do. BAM! The first video I found was yours. I figured it out myself and it worked wonderfully. I use the same drag technique to install new blades at the same height as each other. No millwright tools required! Just a good eye and good standards. I'm not a schooled woodworker and all my co-workers went through 3 year courses for fine woodworking. I watched them all make attempts to set up our shop jointer (using fancy height gauges and such) and it just got worse every time. I had to take a whole bunch of shims (that my co-workers had unnecessarily added) out from beneath both tables and start from scratch. My test for seeing how good the cut is, is to joint a wide face on a thick board and try to pick up the board off of the outfeed table very quickly. If the cut is pristine, you will feel suction when trying to quickly lift the board off the outfeed. The "rocking" test only works so well because your eyes can't see microscopic movements as well as you can feel the suction that results from a perfectly flat face. Nice video.

As someone who is new to jointing, this is the best video about setup. Thanks

We are happy that this video has help so many setting up their jointer!!

Simple, straightforward directions. Very helpful

Very nicely explained... it has helped me answer questions that I had in mind... considering I have never used a Jointer before, and have purchased one that is going to be delivered in about a week...Thanks once again...!!!

Just about the best video! Thanks a lot for sharing!

Thank you! This was a perfect tutorial and your voice is nice to listen to.

Excellent instructional. Thank you.

It's good to see Asa back on camera again! Hope you're doing well.

I have been wood working for a while now but never owned a jointer. Well i finally went ahead and got one and i must say this video was very useful for me so i would like to say thank you for making it.

Great tutorial. That's the simplest set up explanation I've seen so far. Thanks

We just finished setting up our new Grizzly jointer and with your video we are getting perfect cuts, thank you

Thank you Sir! I have my Father's General 180 from 1960.. Last time I used it was probably 30 years ago, when he was alive. I totally had forgotten how to set it up lol..It's nice to see people like yourself taking the time to Re-Teach myself and others. lol 👍

I genuinely didn’t know how a jointer worked. Superb, clear and informative video. Thank you for sharing.

This is just what I was looking for, thanks. Subscribed :)

First time watching your videos , excellent tips , explained very well too!

Great video!!! I like your style and presentation. 👍🏽

Thanks for the tips! I finally adjusted my jointer!

Thank you sir. Helped me adjust and get rid of the snipe. Cheers!

Thanks for the help!

Very good . . . Thank you

hi....I made a safety guide after watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.

Video helped me, thank you

Much appreciated thanks for the information and video

many many thank you for tricks :)

Thank you. Very good and helpful info here.

Great video, thx for the info.

Thanks for the tip with gap!

I noticed that your in Portland, Im in Boring and setting a new Woodshop now. your video was helpful, thank you.

Thank you

Great and informative video

Thank you, i am a union Ironworker from your area and I’m new to wood working . I bought an old jointer at Woodburn auction and went with the first RU-vid video I came across on jointer set up. It was not quite right and your video made it a go to tool in my shop thank you.

Thankyou

Not only did I figure out why my boards were hitting the outfeed table, I like the push stick you used (I will be stealing this idea). The push pads for smaller stock don't work. Thanks for taking the time and helping making my shop therapy that much better.

That tip at 3:50 is sweet!

thank you so much I now know that my jointer was not setup properly and I know how to fix it.

4:03 I assume the infeed table is at it's full 'zero' height position when you are making the reference cut on your board?

I believe I have that exact machine - a G0634xp. I occasionally have issues where I get these small lines at random places along the face of a board after jointing. Almost appears like the cut is stepping up 4 or 5 times along the width of the board actually. As in left to right, the board is not straight, but like little tiny stair steps measuring maybe a thousandth or two each. I believe my outfield table is not always locking into the proper position when switching back from planer mode, as the little knob to lock the table doesn't feel quite right.. it doesn't feel like it locks nearly as firm and solid as the right side knob for the infeed table. Have you ever encountered that issue? I can't figure out why the outfeed knob doesn't tighten up as it should.

Thanks, what hearing protection are you using?

Good video. Unfortunately, I’m dealing with one of those sagging infeed tables...

I have a wahuda 10" with an extruded aluminum fence. Are there any aftermarket universal cast iron fences that I could shop for? Or should I just sell it and get a grizzly or something?

Do you have a video on how to use a planer?

I am curious why some jointer beds close to the cutterhead have slits..some say for noise reduction, some say for dust collection and still some say that the slits act as "sipes" (much like the grooves of tyres) to allow air from beneath the workpiece to escape so that the material contacts the bed as it passes thru the cutterhead allowing for a consistent cut..id like to be enlightened. My 8" Powermatic doesnt have those slits.

Unfortunately I am not finding the "a lot of online tutorials" for infeed adjustments. I have a Craftex CX08HC, the owners manual is very lacking in this area as well. Help!

What do you do if the cutterhead isn't parallel with the outfeed table?

Has anyone ever told you that when you smile you look like Sargent Bilko AKA "Phil Silvers" 3:24 all you need to do is get yourself a US army shirt and thick rimmed black glasses and Bingo you could be him 😲😲🤔😂😂🤣 (That's a compliment by the way) Great info on the planer set up by the way, thanks 😁👍

What kind of cutter head is installed in this machine?

Question: When you lower the outfeed table and run the first inch of your scrap board through the jointer and then raise the outfeed table up to just barely kiss the newly jointed board, what should the depth of cut be set to when you ran that first test cut through the jointer? Should the depth of cut be set to zero?

Do a video fixing a poorly set up jointer please

Paulie Shore doing the voice over.

Why do you have to adjust the height of the outfeed table? As you set the blade height, shouldn't it be okay already? Okay, I can imagine one situation, when the minimum (zero) level of infeed is higher than the level of the outfeed, then the plank will flip down. Did I miss something? Thanks.

How do you know how far you want the cutters to drag the implement?

what is the jointer in the video

Here’s what I don’t understand, so when you lower the indeed table it gets lower than the outfeed. So the more you lower it, the bigger the height gets from infeed to the outfeed. So let’s say I lower it 1/8” and joint the first inch , then make outfeed level but I then lower the infeed to 1/2” , then now the outfeed will be too high again. So am I not getting something here?

But if it is NOT level with the outfeed table... what do you do? I bought a used jointer with no manual and the outfeed is not parallel or level... any ideas? I am desperate not to throw more money away. It's just cutting the front of the board (even a very flat one) and doe not touch past about 3-5 inches after the leading edge. I am cutting tapers, not boards.

why am i getting snipe at the end of my board?

You showed us how to check things, but didn’t show us how to “fix” issues except the one issue to get the outfeed level with the top of the cutter head. However, I think it would have been really helpful to show us how to get the outfeed table aligned with the cutter head from front to back. You showed us a simple way of checking it with the scrap and pencil line, but if it’s off, this video didn’t show us how to fix it and I think that might be the more important info.

Dude sounds like Pauly Shore

I thought the infeed table is supposed to be just a hair lower than the outfeed table.

Thank you...........S U P E R

You lost me when you said they were parallel side to side, the near side moved at least a quarter inch further.

PORTLAND!

you would be far more likely to have issues with a grizzly jointer and needing to shim than a vintage jointer, things were made far better back then and the castings were far superior

You are using a segmented cutter head, that completely removes the task of setting the knives. Not what I expected, or needed.

Nahhh "just about the same". We need to be 1-2 thousandths of an inch you can't "just about the same" that.

Kind of lazy presentation if you ask me.

Why are you playing with that distractive Music in the background while you are talking and trying to teach?

Unbelievable waste of time. So lacking in any relevant information and demonstration of actual set up or tuning of a jointer.