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- From: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:49:16 GMT
- Subject: Re: Jointers, Which one to buy?
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- One more note:
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- I looked at the Ryobi carefully, because of price and features.
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- The Ryobi has several advantages over other jointers twice the price.
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- First, that noisey universal motor turns extremely fast, and produces the
- best results I have ever seen with a jointer. I can match the results
- with my Jet, but not easily. The Ryobi seems able to joint even highly
- figured woods against the grain without tearout. Nice.
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- Second, there is a cutterhead lock that locks the cutter head at
- top dead center for blade changes. This, in combination with the
- fact that there are only two blades and they supply an extremely accurate
- plastic blade setting guide makes blade changes a snap, and guarantees
- very consistent results.
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- With my Jet, until I discovered ceramic magnets, I was tempted to hire
- a machinist to to this job. Now I use my ceramic magnets, but it is
- still difficult to get all the blades set to EXACTLY the same position.
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- If you buy the Ryobi JP155, you will have a jointer that will give you
- extremely good results consistently with minor hassle, and all this for
- only $300.00.
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- The only drawback it had that eliminated it for me was the lack of a
- rabbetting arm. If they added one, I would have bought it. I might still
- put my Jet up for sale if they do.
-