Jonathan McCully Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just bought a used Jointer and am switching out the blades. This Jointer is designed for quick set knives, however, I picked up some Freud non-quick set knives which I was led to believe could also work in this cutter head. These traditional knives doesn’t have machined holes which is giving me difficulty in understanding how to install them. If anyone has some experience with this anc can explain it to me, I’d really appreciate it. Excited to start using my tool and would rather not have to get another set of knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Need pictures. If it has regular gibs, regular knives will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McCully Posted September 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 Here are the pictures. The gibs have 4 screw holes which are supposed to go through the quick set knife and attach directly into the cutter head. I’m trying to install knives that aren’t quick set however, which is why I’m having the difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Not only are regular knives not going to work, that looks like a dangerous design to me. Nothing to hold knives in but screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 It looks like the two larger holes fit over the hex bolts, holding the in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesota Steve Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 I have the same thing on my Powermatic PM54. Those stubs in the center align them, and then the screws hold them in place. They're double sided, and on mine I swapped them over and will say they were perfectly aligned and worked great. But new knives are $80-90... there's some guys on ebay selling them for $50 but don't know anything about them. And they appear to be disposable. You might be able to lightly hone them, but any sort of sharpening is going to mess up the alignment which becomes a bigger pain. Or there's the Byrd Shelix head for $350... which in the long run would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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