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JET 708457K JJ-6CSX 6-Inch 1 Horsepower Jointer, 115/230-Volt 1 Phase | 
 enlarge | Brand: Jet
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $841.00
Buy New: $709.99
You Save: $131.01 (16%)
New (5) from $709.99
Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 25429
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 240
Dimensions (in): 49 x 21 x 15
MPN: 708457K
Model: 708457K
UPC: 662755817946
EAN: 0662755817946
ASIN: B00006ANS5
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 3 days
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| Features:
| • | 6-inch woodworking jointer; fence tilts 2 ways, features 90 and 45-degree stops | | • | 1-horsepower, single-phase, 115/230-volt motor; 46-inch bed | | • | Cast-iron bed | | • | Includes jointer, front and read safety guards, three steel knives, dust chute, stand, jack screw cutterhead | | • | 7-3/8 by 46 by 31-3/4 table surface; 258 pounds; 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
Includes 6" Closed Stand Jointer - 708457K, Front & Rear Safety Guards, Jack Screw Cutter Head.
Amazon.com Review
When it comes to jointers, there aren't a lot of differences among the leaders in the market. Like other manufacturers, Jet uses heavy-duty cast iron in the fence, jointer base, and infeed/outfeed tables and offers a three-blade drum and built-in 4-inch dust port. Their design, however, features a couple of innovations that changed our "jointers are jointers" mindset. While the infeed tables in other models can only be raised or lowered with a rod or lever system, this machine's design allows you to adjust both of the feed tables by rotating smooth, industrial-style hand wheels. This feature lends itself to easier tapers and gives you more control when you need to take off precise measurements, like 1/64 of an inch, a setting that can frustrate woodworkers lifting the arms up or down on other machines. The fence glides extremely smoothly throughout its range of motion and tilts both ways, but, where other brands offer fixed stops only at 45 and 90 degrees, Jet's jointer adjusts to quickly reproduce multiple cuts at any angle you find necessary. Driven by a 4,850 rpm, 1-horsepower induction motor completely encased in a welded steel stand, this jointer comes prewired for 115-volt outlets and can be converted to run off 230-volt sources. As a final touch, Jet designed the industrial start switch with holes behind the button for locking with a readily available Master Lock to keep coworkers or family members safe from accidental injury. --Justin Paul
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
JET JJ-6CSX Jointer - Good value August 11, 2008
W. May
I think this is a good value for the price. I compared this model with Delta, and couldn't justify the additional cost for the Delta. If you do woodworking for a living, you'll probably want something better, but for the serious woodworker/hobbyist, I think this is a good product and I wouldn't go with anything cheaper. I've used mine regularly for about four months. A few things I've found: using a vacuum/dust collector is a almost a necessity as chips accumulate quickly. If you don't, you'll at least need to clean the chip chute frequently. Setting up the outfeed table and blades can take quite awhile (depending on how much of a perfectionist you are), but once I got it set, I've had no problem. I give it four stars because although I've been woodworking for a long time and have done my research, this is my first jointer, so I don't have first hand experience with other products to compare this one to. Product shipment and delivery was quick and professional.
 Gotta love it August 5, 2008
Wood in Iowa (QCA)
I'm very happy with this jointer. I'll be retiring an old Craftsman machine now! The Jet went together fairly easily and didn't need any major adjustments. It cuts very smoothly and can handle the hardest wood I've run over it. The length of board it can handle is limited by the bed length, but I don't build a lot of furniture that requires pieces longer than 4 or 5 feet.
Nice machine October 22, 2007
A. Babcock (California)
I have had this machine for about 6 weeks, and it has been flawless. Pretty straightforward to assemble (the manual is very good), and nicely finished.
It runs with a smooth, powerful hum that suggests a solid, quality machine. I have planed and jointed cherry, maple, ash, and cocobolo with good success and without any complaints from the machine. Dust collection with a shop vac is pretty good.
I picked the machine up locally, and so cannot comment on packing/shipping issues.
I'm planning on converting the machine to run on 230VAC. If I have anything to report after that, I'll amend this review. But so far, highly recommended.
Great tool May 5, 2007
J. Kaczmarek (Highland, Indiana)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had a 4" craftsmen jointer for years and decided to upgrade my shop with a 6" jointer. Reviewing various models, I decided on the Jet 6CSX. My shop is pretty small and this machine fits well in the spot I had picked out for it.
Machine assembly is realtively easy. It is heavy though. Two people needed to carry it down into my shop area, prior to assembly. After realizing how heavy this jointer was, I purchased a HTC mobile base. I highly recommend that a mobile base be used if you have any intent on moving this jointer in your shop.
Once it was assembled, set up was very easy. Once turn on, it purred like a kitten, versus the noise that my 4" jointer used to make. And the cuts were smooth as silk. I tested flattening a cupped 4 inch pine board and after a couple of passes, the board was flat as could be.
For the money, this is a top notch machine and an asset to my work shop.
A great addition to my shop February 25, 2007
R. Almeida (Lakes Region, New Hampshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I investigated Delta and Grizzly before deciding on Jet. I always liked Jet products but for one reason or another selected other manufacturers for other tools. This time Jet got the "nod" and I purchased a planer. Since I have a DeWalt planer I bought the Jointer largely to finish off edges for panel joining and just plaing edge cleaning. The jointer arrived as expected. Assembly was fairly easy with no major (or minor) issues. I hadn't used a jointer in long time but found the Jet easy to align and adjust. Now that I have it, I use this tool all the time for edge joining. The rabbeting and angled jointing features are nice but with a routing table, I really haven't had the call to use these functions yet. This is a great addition to the shop.
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