I need to know how to adjust the blades on my powermatic model 50 jointer. Its an older model, I'm not sure what year. There are three blades and i need to know what position they need to be in compared to the infeed and outfeed tables
Masonry Tools - Powermatic
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I usually adjust the knives slightly above the outfeed table. I use an aluminum straight edge & adjust them using a sheet of printer paper on the outfeed table so that they are about the thickness of the paper above the table. I place the paper on the outfeed table put the straightedge on the paper & rotate & adjust each knife so they just slightly hit the straightedge when I rotate the cutterhead by hand.
Needless to say the jointer needs to be unplugged while doing this.