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Mike, I think Bruce meant the Atlas jointer. I'd love to compare notes on the 618's and others, though. Mine is a 101 series. I have the original owner's manual for the chuck and it's dated October, 1948.

Sorry to go off topic.

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John Watkins
CNC Guitar Parts

Hello fellow olfers
Newby Dean Here!

I've been making high end furniture for 30+ years and have owned or still own many jointers. The absolutely hands down best to use for luthiery is not a jointer.
woodworker.com,( item # 95-430),and others sell a 8" convex sanding blade for your average 5/8 arbor table saw. you put it in and tilt your saw over to 3 degrees which allows the board to enter without touching the leading edge of the blade. It takes off up to 1/64" per pass for the straightest,most square edge you will ever see. No tearout, no millmarks, no casehardening which causes glue joints to fail, just a perfect amount of surface abrasion to accept the best glue line. Takes up all of 8" hanging on a nail, and costs about 35$ plus the sand paper.
Dean
Leucadia, CA

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Dean

Hi Dean,Welcome to the forum. I checked out the convex sander blade and it looks very promising BUT I don't use or have a table saw at this time so I'm out of luck.I will keep this in mind if I do decide to get a table saw.
I'm still looking for a good small jointer for my small shop. The search goes on. Thanks a lot for the post.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

OK, not trying to resurrect an old thread, but I just finished getting new benchtop jointer, and I'm in love with it. I found a new, in-the-box Palmgren benchtop off Craigslist, and contacted the guy. Bought it for a song. So this morning, I reworked my main collector trunk line, got it together and made a few test runs. I love it. This unit has an internal impeller that throws chips out hard and firm, which resulted in zero woodchips being thrown. The cuts are perfect, and dead flat - if my granite plate is any indication.

I think it's going to be a very useful tool.

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