Thread: Jointer 5 inch

Brisbane saw service has been good to me. They said they could make cutters from worn out bigger ones. Henry bros has also made custom cutters for me in the past. They will need a drawing or prefferably a sample of the cutter to copy.

Robert

Someone was posting on the forum recently about the thin discs you can get for angle grinders ... I was using the same on the weekend.

I think that if you clamped the blade down onto a good metal surface, like the jointer table eg, with just the inch or so hanging over - and cut carefully checking for overheating - you could do it easily.

The thin discs remove little material and the metal surface should act as a large heatsink.

If your new blades would fit only except in length - give it a go.

BTW - exact length down to the thousandth of an inch isn't necessary. There will only be a tiny area at each end that is being cut by one less blade. The important thing is to set them at the outfeed table height, and all at the same height. There is a 'Best of the Best' article on the forum somewhere about this.

Cheers,
Paul McGee

Originally Posted by specialist

Brisbane saw service has been good to me. They said they could make cutters from worn out bigger ones. Henry bros has also made custom cutters for me in the past. They will need a drawing or prefferably a sample of the cutter to copy.

Robert

Thanks, but I tried those guys with no luck! I really thought they would. Anyway I ordered some 1/16" * 3/8" * 6" - from McJING Online Tools Products Search
which looks like a great website I have never visited before.

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Someone was posting on the forum recently about the thin discs you can get for angle grinders ... I was using the same on the weekend.

I think that if you clamped the blade down onto a good metal surface, like the jointer table eg, with just the inch or so hanging over - and cut carefully checking for overheating - you could do it easily.

The thin discs remove little material and the metal surface should act as a large heatsink.

If your new blades would fit only except in length - give it a go.

BTW - exact length down to the thousandth of an inch isn't necessary. There will only be a tiny area at each end that is being cut by one less blade. The important thing is to set them at the outfeed table height, and all at the same height. There is a 'Best of the Best' article on the forum somewhere about this.

Cheers,
Paul McGee

I am definitely going to give it a go and cut them, I won't be using the full width anyway as I am only going to use it to joint narrow boards. Hopefully I can get it set-up correctly, fortunately the outfeed table is adjustable which I think will help.

Cheers

Col

Failing buying a new set or having someone make another, you could try welding them together. A friend of mine who is a fitter and turner has done similar things in the past and reground them.

Stewie

No probs with cutting them with the angle grinder, most saw places cut them that way as the usually come in long lengths :2tsups:

Originally Posted by Acco

No probs with cutting them with the angle grinder, most saw places cut them that way as the usually come in long lengths :2tsups:

Should be no problem then, I will get one of the thin cut off blades and have a go.

Col

Originally Posted by Stewie D

Failing buying a new set or having someone make another, you could try welding them together. A friend of mine who is a fitter and turner has done similar things in the past and reground them.

Stewie

I had the same thought about welding and I would certainly give it a crack if I couldn't source 1/16 stock. Interestingly the saw sharpening guys said they couldn't do it.

Cheers

Col

A different skill set to a fitter & turner.
The hardest part as this mate of mine said when doing repairs of this nature is making it all co-planar so that everything lines up. As soon as you weld steel it wants to twist or turn.

Stewie-D

Originally Posted by Stewie D

A different skill set to a fitter & turner.
The hardest part as this mate of mine said when doing repairs of this nature is making it all co-planar so that everything lines up. As soon as you weld steel it wants to twist or turn.

Stewie-D

I reckon these thin blades would bend like bananas if I tried welding them. I got the blanks today which I will still have to take in for sharpening, they can cut them to length too, so it is all good now.

Now all I have to do is upgrade the motor as it is only 1/4HP. I am going to get a 1.5HP which I will make interchangeable with my homemade Bandsaw that I am making.

Col