Cheers lads thanks
neilc
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:23:59 GMT, "Bob S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>This may help
>
>http://woodworking.homeip.net/wood/Tuning%20Tools/Jointers/Jointers.html
>
>Bob S.
>
>
>"Neil Cummins" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Hi guys
>> I have no problem jointing short pieces up to say 3 foot, but anything
>> longer and I get a bow in the middle of the timber. Any advice would
>> be great.
>> neilc
>
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Neil Cummins <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi guys
>I have no problem jointing short pieces up to say 3 foot, but anything
>longer and I get a bow in the middle of the timber. Any advice would
>be great.
How long is your bed?
Your outfeed table is not tangent to the cutter head. If your bow is
concave, the outfeed table is too low. If it is convex, the table is
too high. If the error is slight, you will (as you have discovered)
still get a fairly straight edge on shorter stock.
DD
"It's easy when you know how..."
Johnny Shines
Not sure if it helped him but thanks v much from the UK
Ciao
Nicholas
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:23:59 GMT, "Bob S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>This may help
>
>http://woodworking.homeip.net/wood/Tuning%20Tools/Jointers/Jointers.html
>
>Bob S.
>
>
>"Neil Cummins" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Hi guys
>> I have no problem jointing short pieces up to say 3 foot, but anything
>> longer and I get a bow in the middle of the timber. Any advice would
>> be great.
>> neilc
>
This may help
http://woodworking.homeip.net/wood/Tuning%20Tools/Jointers/Jointers.html
Bob S.
"Neil Cummins" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi guys
> I have no problem jointing short pieces up to say 3 foot, but anything
> longer and I get a bow in the middle of the timber. Any advice would
> be great.
> neilc