Big Horn 19614 Jointer Knife Setting Jig

Can’t say enough about this jig, it does the job perfectly. I struggled getting my knives all aligned and at the same heights on my 20 year old Jet 6” jointer, as the gib bolts are rounded on the end and tend to creep upwards when tightened. The solid brass billets this jig is made of prevent that entirely. Skip the less expensive models made of plastic — folks complain they flex and result in more trial and error. Not so with the BigHorn!In 15 minutes I had all three knives at the same height and within .001” end to end as verified with a dial indicator. Compare that with struggling over multiple weekends trying to do so manually and STILL have them out of whack. I wish I bought this jig before I ever tried to replace my knives, it would have saved me hours of time and frustration.

I've not had a chance to try this tool yet. Too cold. Numerous people have mentioned that the magnets fall out of similar jigs made of plastic. This brass jig has the magnets very well mounted. Have checked how square and parallel the tool is, and for the measurement tools I have it appears dead on. I bought this for my Jet 8" planer jointer. I figured out that I can use the mounting bolts for the exhaust manifold (planing mode mount) to hold the jig to the aluminum outfeed plate.Looking forward to giving this a try. The tool provided from Jet is next to useless, takes forever to align even one blade.I'll try to remember to edit this later after I've used it to say how it worked..

I bought this to set my jointer knives. I bought the more expensive ones instead of the plastic as I read reviews that the plastic ones warped over time. However, these came and the brass bars are not square and flat. One of the bars is 8 thousands out. May not sound like much but my jointer disagrees. Made setting the knives correctly and evenly impossible. They're made in China. -- They're going back.

Two of the 6 magnets were proud of the surface as delivered. I had to drill a hole from the top to punch them out, deepen the countersink, and press them back in. Then I had to spend a fair bit of time lapping them flat. One bar had a rocker in it about 2 thou. I didn’t find the scribed alignment lines offset face to face as some buyers have.

Easy to use. Does the job quickly.

This jig is very well and sturdily constructed. One of the magnets on the first one I received protruded approximately 1/16", which made the jig teeter & rendered accurately setting knives impossible. Returned the item to Amazon, decided to give the company the benefit of the doubt & ordered another - replacement item arrived perfect & works like a charm. I may have received the only defective item to come off of the production line or one of the many, but Amazon standing behind it made this a no lose scenario either way. I love the jig and would purchase it again with the confidence that Amazon would make any more potential issues right.

this is really nice, and SOOOOO much better than the plastic one everybody sells. I had to really search for a substantial brass one like this, but it was totally worth it. My blades are perfect now, and they definitely weren't before with the plastic job, or with free magnets, or a steel straight edge. This one has fat heavy brass rails with good strong magnets. Takes me about ten minutes now, or less, and it's always dead on. Because it's brass, you can push on the jig itself when you're tightening the gib screw to keep the blade from rising a few thousands of an inch the way they always do. This is very clear advantage.

Set my jointer knives perfectly and quickly. Magnets are strong and the brass and steel design should last forever.

Very good item !! Thank you !!

Poor workmanship on this jig. One of the magnets is not flush and protrudes so this device can not be used. I contacted Big Horn on their website but they did not bother to get back to me. Guess they don't care. I defiantly can not recommend this knife setting jig or any Big Horn product because they have no customer service.

ça fait la job.