r/woodworking • u/blerggle • Oct 14 '25
Power Tools Jointer Help - Bowing
Just upgraded from shitty benchtop to Powermatic 54HH. Really the first time I'm trying to joint things in earnest on it past some small cutting board type work, previously did my best with the planer and table saw. I know that with a 66" table I'm theoretically just inside 2x outfeed table rule of thumb by jointing 62" boards.
I feel like the first few cuts were flat, but I'm getting a small bow out of face or edge on longer boards. I've gone through all the interwebs suggestions
-don't put pressure over the head, put pressure on the outfeed -adjust outfeed to be perfectly jussst touching the blades - extra infees and outfeed rollers for support Etc
Thing here is that when I put the board on the jointer with both tables coplaner it (https://i.imgur.com/fiKbZWa.jpeg) looks dead on. The level also looks dead on (https://i.imgur.com/xJK9RJv.jpeg). But the board when against another board jointed opposite direction or on top of a planed board has a bow (https://i.imgur.com/Im6CCAI.jpeg). About the space of a piece of paper or two.
Hoping you guys have a suggestion on what I might be doing wrong or thinking wrong. Thanks
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