<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a DeWald 12-1/2-inch electric = planer. I'm having trouble getting perfect (or nearly enough) blade alignment. The = machine comes with these two little plastic/magnetic jiggydoos that are supposed = to allow for proper alignment - and they come pretty close if you are real = careful with them. But even after doing the best job I can with these, one side = of the blades will cut a tiny bit off a board when the other side doesn't touch = the board. Anyone found a jig/method that provides better = alignment?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With my poorly aligned dull blades = that were in my planer (since sharpened and aligned better) I planed six quarter-inch-thick spruce laminations for a rib jig. The laminations = were noticably thicker in the middle (the laminations were 9-inches wide and = I planed each lamination both ways in the planer - so the middle ended up thicker = than the edges). When I tried to glue them up pressing them together, I = realized that the middle was pressed tight, but the edges had gaps. For this jig I = simply bonded it together with epoxy, so no sweat. But for gluing up laminated = ribs (using Titebond), I need to have the laminations perfectly equal = thickness across their width.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>