Tool Safety #1: How “smile” a Ridgid jointer knife or two…
It seemed simple enough. Take out the old blades, replace with new ones, screw em in, turn on the unit and BLAMMMMM All hell breaks loose and Im REALLY glad I replaced the safety shield on the unit. There are blades flying around below the beds and sparks, and What in the heck happened??
I was not being a typical man, but actually read the directions, three times Are the wood gods out to get me cause of all the wood putty Ive used?? Have I failed to pay my taxes?? Did the sun rise in the west?
No, not that. Turns out the owners manual skipped one little bitty word on the diagram. Jack, yeah, my name, they forgot to label the screw as the Jack Screw described in the directions but, not to be found in the diagram Scary, no doubt. Ive been fortunate to only router a couple of fingers on my router table so far and didnt want to add a (no doubt) masculine looking scar to my face from the jointer or any other bit of machinery I have. I know it adds character but as most of you know, I already have enough character as I am now I ordered a second 
new set of blades (freud) and put them in on top of the the jack screws (I guess), turned on the monster and voila No flying razor blades ;0) Someone needs to inform Ridgid that their owners manual is not specific enough for this operation. Maybe its time to trade up to a 12 Delta or ;0)Anyways, be careful if you have one of these especially the model before the newest version
Jack
P.S.
The second picture shows the first set of blades totally mangled but not easily seen As you see, I also tried using the new Rockler jig too.
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