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Craftsman Professional 1-1/2 hp 6-1/8&... Reviews
Craftsman Professional 1-1/2 hp 6-1/8"Jointer/Planer (21705) Reviews
www.sears.com
| 77% of reviewers recommend
(17 out of 22)
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Most Helpful Favorable Review
Finewoodwork...
Kutztown, PA
I bought my Jointer online about 9 months ago. The day i got it took myself about 2.5 hours to put it together, the hardest part was mounting the motor. Just fallow the instructions and its really not that bad to do. Since that time I've used it on a regular bases, im talking about 2-3 times a week for...
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Most Helpful Critical Review
“Great tool if you don't like straight edges.”
CharlesNelso...
Pittsburgh, PA
I've had this jointer for well over a year now and can't get a striaght edge out of this machine. The outfeed table has a lot of play in it and sags so the tables aren't coplanar. I found out that you can prop a board under the end outfeed table to the floor, so it forces the end of the table up. ...
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Craftsman Professional 1-1/2 hp 6-1/8&... Reviews
Displaying reviews 1 - 13 of 22 in total
I got this on clearance for $79 a year ago. What were they thinking? It was like having a license to steal. This is a great tool.
Well... I bought the Craftsman table saw and love it. So I thought I'd try the jointer too. It was a tough choice between the Grizzly and the Craftsman, but I can't imagine being more impressed (so far, only had it 3 days).
The set-up was terrific (especially the sorted nut and bolt package). If you mess that up... you might wanna try cooking.
Everything went together great and I was impressed with the quality of each part. I converted mine to 220v right off. I cranked it up and ran a few boards and I can't believe it. Almost silent... and the boards came out like silk. Square as can be, but I...
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I ended up buying this jointer for $369 after I had ordered a delta jointer that came in damaged.
This jointer is a breeze to set up and I have been extremely pleased thusfar. I have run pine, red oak, hard maple and walnut through it with no problem. I highly recommend this tool, if you own a planer you need a jointer.
I bought this jointer at the same time I purchased a table saw and a band saw under the Sears Craftsman Club. By the time I got all the discounts, it was a little over $300. For the money, it was an outstanding deal.
Complaint with a caveat:
When I purchased it, Sears was out of stock. They ordered it and were supposed to call me in 5 days when it came in. By day 8, still no work from Sears so I went down there and found it had been in for 4 days. Got it delivered to the house, unpackaged the box (which was in very bad shape), and found that the cast iron feeder table was broken badly. I called...
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This is a very solid jointer. It does take 2 people to place the table and adjust the v-belt but it is an easy assembly otherwise. The instructions are a bit confusing when attaching the fence but common sense should win out... a few washers were missing but all other parts were right on. The blades were set properly and the table is flat. I tested it by edge jointing some walnut and face jointing some hard maple... excellent results. This is a very good jointer at a very reasonable price. A mobile base is advised.
The tool is the best looking tool in my woodworking shop.I consider myself mechanically inclined,have been working on and around tools since I was a kid.It took me 2 days to assemble the 112 parts (as I counted the parts).I was very impressed with the quality of the workmanship but immediately encountered a problem.When I put a straight edge across the infeed and outfeed tables it was very obvious that the outfeed table ran downhill badly.The end of the outfeed table was slightly over an eighth of an inch off.The manual gave directions for adjusting the gibs to eliminate play in the side to side...
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The jointer has performed well for me for two and a half years. I have not needed to have it serviced or had anything break.
Notice i said great Jointer, This is a jointer not a thicknes planer.
sure you can use it to make a pass or two to true up one surface of a board before you run it through your planer but dont try to plane a whole board down with it. It was pretty easy to set up but very heavy. I have not had to change the blades yet buti am dreading it because it looks complicated.
all in all a great jointer very accurate.
This is the second jointer I've owned and it's better than my first (a Delta, as I recall, around 1996). This machine is sturdy, and was incredibly easy to assemble.
I've used it to smooth the edges of rough-sawn lumber and to plane down thick pieces (instead of breaking out the thickness planer - way less noise, and WAY less mess!) and the results were great.
I got mine on sale (the bennies just keep coming!) and picked it up at my local Sears stores, and have had no problems with it whatsoever.
If you need a good, inexpensive (for the quality) jointer for your home workshop, this has be the one...
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One word of caution on any product manufactured by ORION International. Product codes beginning with 152.xxxxxxx. This company redesigned their product within a 5 year window and then stops making parts. Leaving you with a virtual BOAT anchor. I purchased one 6 years ago and now can not get the parts I need to fix my machine. The Trunnion setup is made of a very cheap pot metal and will brake under stress. Sears says to bad parts aren't available and ORION International will not respond to my emails. Sears better look at who they are doing business with as people like myself make future investments...
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While purchasing several tools to set up shop at the beginning of this year, made a last minute decision to purchase the Craftsman 6 1/8 inch Professional Jointer over the 6 inch Jet. I was able to catch it on sale, $150 off, which simply made it too tempting to not at least give it a try. I'm very happy that I did. It was easy to put together. It definitely takes two people to lift, but was able to assemble on my own using a hydraulic engine lift. The jointer is easy to operate and I've had no issues getting square and straight boards. I was able to use the extra money I saved towards...
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I bought this jointer recently at Sears and it performs excellently, especially for around $400. I've run lots of hardwoods through it no problem, and the blades are decent. I don't think that there is a better value on the market that performs this well. Only thing I would change is to add a flywheel adjustment to the infeed table instead of the lever (the outfeed table already has a flywheel), but it works fine. I gave it a 4 for performance but its more like a 4.5, its only because the kinives are very hard to adjust, but that's with any jointer pretty much.
I bought this jointer to build a table. I was very disappointed in it. Used it to join 60" boards and the jointer would tip over, not very safe.
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