The cutter block in my lil ol' 6" jointer has holes for two springs under each end of each of the three blades. I'm wondering if it's not an entirely stupid idea to tap threads into those holes and use grubs screws (high tensile?) to help hold the blades up and set their height instead of the springs. I've seen some bigger, more modern jointers that use this method and it seems like it would be much better and easier to use when setting the blades.