Jet Combo Jointer Planer Review! Little size, lots of noise!

A review of my new to me JJP 8BT Jointer Planer combo! I have had this little tool for over a year now and it's worked out ok so far. It does have some quirks but don't we all!

Watch and see if I keep it of toss it back to the Craigslist sharks.

Some specs:

* 13 Amp, 120volt motor
* 9000 RPM cutter head
* all steel cutting knives
* 8.25 inch wide jointing bed
* 29 inch long bed
* 19.5 feet per minute feed rate
* included chip extraction hood
* all steel stand

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0:00 Welcome Back
0:45 Specs and impressions
1:41 Jointer Mode!
4:52 Planer Mode!
5:52 Easy as pie
8:36 Snipe
8:45 Final thoughts

[ThatIsBadLuck]

Great seeing videos from someone working with the same shop size. I appreciate the realistic review. Too many videos compare something like this to a machine that is substantially bigger and more expensive.

[bencorley]

Exactly what I needed out of a review video. Thanks and cheers.

[kencheney]

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this video. I bought one of these the other day and found the instructions to be a bit limited. Your video really helped me figure out the adjustments. Thanks for taking the time to create this video

[leearrington]

Great video with real word uses. I was thinking of selling my DeWalt 735 and going with a preowned one of these which would be significantly cheaper than buying a 10 inch jointer. But I think I'll pass and get a standalone benchtop jointer.

[danidjojo]

Planning on buying one because of small workspace

[shadowops]

Just what I needed to hear. Thank you.

[MrColin]

Great video. To avoid snipes try marrying a sacrificial board on each end as you feed it. Another thing that works is lifting the piece as you feed it in an pull it out.

[steelhead]

I just bought one of these used, I could not even get it to run until I watched this, I did not have the dust collector installed. I was just trying to see if it even worked....I would really love to see you do a Full walk thru on how to use every thing this will do. I know it would sure be help to many others as well.

[tooljunkie]

Should joint gace first then edge so there's a flat face against the fence .and seems like it works alot better as a jointer than planer since it's 8" . I jave a dewalt 13" planer already so the 8inch jointer aspect Would be good addition to my shop . And it's lightweight thanks for the honest full review

[Dylon]

I would have liked to see a square on the work piece after. Ya know, to see if it’s square?

[bryanbahling]

To get rid of snipe use a scrap piece of leading board and a trailing board.

[GreenhornBBQbeer]

Hey nice shirt at 8:45! You didn't get ripped off unless you paid big $$ for it? Cheers!

[EnricoRossignoli]

this is on my buy asap...I'm really tired of almost right cuts and imprecisions...

[maxortega]

im looking at buying one of these but question I've seen a lot of 1-star reviews from 2010-2012 about the table and fence being super loose did they fix that issue?

[twagner]

I have one like your’s only mine is a clone. The two things I don’t like is the router sized motor and the 1/2” cutter head belt. As they say, you get what you pay for.

[leroyphillips]

I picked up a used one not too long ago and after running a few pieces thru the jointer I discovered the infeed table sets lower on the fence side than it does on the other. I can’t seem to track down any suggestions on how to fix this and the manual doesn’t mention anything on this situation. Any tips on how to fix this?

[StreaminFreedom]

Thanks for the vid, still uncertain curious if you would buy again

[ungratefulbastard]

Nice video, thanks . But I think is better to invest on the next step enough power to be happy, Of course is just my opinion . !

[samueljames]

The machine looks pretty wonky and cheap in my opinion. I think if they focused more on making it just one or the other that it would be more solid of machine. The only thing it has going for it is the 8 inch blade, but the underpowered motor makes for some hard work on the machine. Great review and thank you for posting. Keep at it and you will definitely learn it over time.

[rafamerengues]

Great vids. Really slow and thoroughly explained. Nice. Thanks. Mate. Btw if for seperate machine what jointer / planer would you choose.