Love this jet jointer works very well just what I wanted for my business thanks for the great product.

Love this jet jointer works very well just what I wanted for my business thanks for the great product.  Read Less

As a retired woodworking teacher I've had the luxury of working with a number of different Jointer's over the years. I purchas...  Read More

As a retired woodworking teacher I've had the luxury of working with a number of different Jointer's over the years. I purchased this jointer for my own personal woodshop with the primary purpose of face planing my rough sawn lumber. Prior to making this purchase I reviewed all the more popular machines on the market knowing full well that the price point of this machine was about where I wanted to be for my little hobby shop. I would like to point out that the only reasons I couldn't in good conscience give this a perfect 5 star rating were little things, like an out dated and inaccurate manual and a bit more vibration than I would have liked. Overall though, the quality of the product will provide me with a lifetime of use and accomplish exactly what I wanted it to do.Delivery was a bit of a problem as Amazon didn't provide the trucking company with the correct phone number to contact us to schedule the exact delivery date. Once that was resolved, the delivery was smooth and efficient. My delivery guy came with a truck that had a lift gate, and a manual forklift so he unloaded it at the garage door and wheeled the pallet (two boxes shrink wrapped to a pallet) into the shop exactly where I wanted it. This is a heavy piece of equipment and it is best to have an extra set of hands on the day you are going to set it up. I am a rather large man so I did the set up by myself, but an extra set of hands would have made it much easier to move the parts around and put them together. Especially when you are picking up the bed assembly to attach it to the base. The base isn't all that heavy even though it comes with the motor installed, it can easily be moved into place. The fence assembly was pretty easy to install, and not too heavy. All together from the time I cut open the boxes, until I plugged it in for the first time I had a little more than two hours into it. Probably could have been done much quicker with an extra set of hands.The fit and finish of the components overall was very good, and it went together without any issues. The positive stop at 90 degrees was spot on from the moment I put it together. The out feed table was aligned perfectly with the cutterhead/knives, so there was no need for any adjustment. It did take me a minute or two to master the out feed table adjustments and I do not like the positive lock for the 1/8 depth of cut. I understand why the manufacturer installed this feature to keep inexperienced woodworkers from trying to take too deep of a cut, but if you are not careful in the initial set up/use of it the positive stop can become 'wedged' in place and a pain to get back out. Be sure to pull the pin out and twist it from springing back into place before you play around with your depth of cut on the in feed table. I personally like to keep my depth of cut around 1/16 or less depending on what I am working with. Very rarely would I ever go to a full 1/8 depth, and so far the 1/16 rule of thumb is working very well.My first run was with a piece of red oak, and it jointed the edge of the board perfectly. Next I stepped it up a notch to some hard curly maple and it did an amazing job on the face of the maple. Anyone who has planed or jointed curly maple knows how easily it will chip, and this jointer with it's brand new knives gave me a perfect face without any tear out or chipping. Since then I have been using it to clean up one face on my rough sawn white ash from the family property, and it is working to perfection. Exactly what I purchased it to do, so I am very happy with it so far.Again, my only serious complaint about this machine is the rather heavy vibration, but I am going to play around with bolting it to the floor and see if that doesn't resolve the issue.The bottom line on this machine for me is that the price fit exactly where I was at and it was worth the money. I would recommend it for any small hobby shop, but would probably go bigger and better if you are going for a more serious application than being a weekend woodworker. Another minor positive was that they included two hand held push blocks as an accessory, which definitely make face planing much safer. I was pleasantly surprised to find them in the box.  Read Less

I am extremely pleased with the smoothness of the Jet jointer; it purrs like a kitten. The longbed tables allow jointing of lon...  Read More

I am extremely pleased with the smoothness of the Jet jointer; it purrs like a kitten. The longbed tables allow jointing of longer boards without tipping and the dust port allows me to hookup a shopvac. I'm glad I chose the Jet jointer over other machines on the market.  Read Less