The 5 Best Jointer heads (2023 reviews)

It is important to have the well suited jointer head. In the following post, we will help you to select the best jointer heads.

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Best Overall: Buy: Rikon Power Tools Jointer Head READ REVIEW

Best For Jet Jointer: Buy: Jet Helical Head READ REVIEW

Best With stand: Buy: Powermatic Good Jointer READ REVIEW

Best For woodworking: Buy: Jet Jointer Head READ REVIEW

Best With Helical Cutterhead: Buy: Powermatic Jointer Head READ REVIEW

Best Overall: Rikon Power Tools Jointer Head

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Rikon power tools jointer head is the epitome of what a great head should be. The helical cutter heads that come with it are pretty good. This essentially means adjusting each of the 8 freaking knobs very slightly, one by one, replacing and retightening the bolts every single freaking time. It can hold a 2.5inch or a 4inch. The jointed surface and face are perfectly square. The surface has been polished, and those marks have no bearing on performance.

The manual tells you to use a flathead screwdriver. It is a double sided adapter. It is made for semi medium to small projects.

• Awesome machine, made for semi medium to small projects
• Excellent, sturdy build quality with a helix built in
• Easy setup, easy adjustments, must have
• Is easy as loosening the bolt and pushing the fence down

Best For Jet Jointer: Jet Helical Head

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Next on the list, we've got yet another head that manages to win our hearts. It's the jet helical head and it's widely considered as head that has the most suitable features. It takes some effort to make sure that the outfeed table is at exactly the right height. Its exclusive front-mounted table adjustment handwheels make quick, easy and accurate corrections. It does come with push blocks, two, angled handles, and rubber padded. The cutters on the helical head are 4 sided. The front table has a side protrusion which is there to help with rabbetting. It is easy to set it sightly too far or two close. The mobile stand that they say is made for it, is actually longer and wider.

• Accurate, and leaves a very smooth surface
• Really quiet compared to the straight blade jointer
• Easy to assemble, sturdy, easy adjustable fence, convenient power switch
• Cuts are smooth with no chatter

Best With stand: Powermatic Good Jointer

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The powermatic good jointer is capable of outshining several other head featured in this list in overall features in its price range. The helical cutterhead makes cutting less effort and less noise. It's made specifically for the 60HH jointer. The infeed table lever can be used to rapidly position table height, then the handle rotates for fine. Once set up, it squares the work perfectly and the fence returns to square with no fuss. The finish is flawless and requires very little effort to push the stock across the beds and cutters.

The fence alignment stop is preset to a perfect 90 degree. You can slide it into a garage on the skids on the bottom of crate only if you have a smooth driveway or garage. It provides smoother and quieter cuts.

• Making available more cutting edges per blade with the ratio of
• Adjustment on the knives is an amazing feature
• Dust collection with a dust collector works very well
• Solid construction, tables were co-planar out of the box

Best For woodworking: Jet Jointer Head

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The jet jointer head should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. The Jet Model 708476 Planer/Jointer has heavy-duty cast iron tables with a machined finish to ensure accuracy and flatness. It is a robustly made machine with a fine helical cutter head that performs all its required functions well. It has no protruding knives, the helical cutterhead minimizes the clutter of chips flinging out from the machine. It has 224 sharp corners to snag any cloth or paper towel you use and possibly nick your fingers.

The ability to hydraulically drop the machine onto the floor versus locking casters is super helpful and it will be around long after this Thing dies. The spiral cutter head delivers a very smooth surface. It is precision-flattened to ensure a smooth, even cut. It is for additional safety, the magnetic on/off switch has a built-in limiter to prevent start-up after power outages and while you switch between modes.

• Nice to have 2 machines with large 12" capacity
• Design engineering sophistication and high quality fit and finish
• Worries about tear-out and no worries about changing blades
• Uiet operation and adequate chip control

Best With Helical Cutterhead: Powermatic Jointer Head

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention powermatic jointer head for daily usage. The inch parallelogram jointer offers performance and value in a machine loaded with features. It has fixed wheels on one end and swivel casters on the other end. When set to 90 degrees the fence stays put and adjusting with a worm gear crank is so nice compared to just flopping a fence one way or another. It has a helical design with 54 four sided knife inserts. It will come fully assembled and it is quiet, smooth and leaves a very smooth finish.

The Deck is high quality cast iron that is milled to a very good finish. The parallelogram design keeps the table in close proximity to the cutterhead for improved finish and allows for a fast depth of cut adjustment. The mobile base works great.

• Provides smoother, quieter cutting and a superior finer finish
• Built from heavy-duty iron castings for long-term durability, the pj
• Good investment for long term