WEN JT833H 10-Amp 8-Inch Spiral Benchtop Jointer with Extendable Table

I am a serious woodworking hobbyist and I was looking for a lower cost machine to help me up my game. This Wen Jointer really fit the bill. The spiral cutters give you a smooth, clean finish. The deck adjusts easily and the extenders are really helpful. The packaging was excellent and set up was easy. I was using this quickly. I can highly recommend this machine if you are looking for a low cost machine that delivers quality.

I have limited space, so finding a benchtop jointer was my only real option. Pricing is also one extreme to another. Either you'll pay $300-$500 or over $1000. After reading all the reviews concerning the fence I was skeptical, but based on my experience with WEN I figured it was a worthwhile shot.So far I'm extremely happy with the jointer. The fence was almost perfectly square out of the box, although the table needed some adjustment. Once it was dialed in, every board coming off the jointer has been perfectly square. The fence is solid, and doesn't move. You really shouldn't be putting a lot of pressure against it anyway, because the face you place on it should be perfectly flat and smooth.The jointer is quiet and cuts well, dust collection is damn near perfect. I wouldn't recommend planing more than 1/32" at a time though.If you're on the fence, go for it. WEN is great in the space of affordable, rugged tools. I've resawn 8/4 white oak on my WEN bandsaw and it took it and kept going. Solid company, solid tools.

After reading a lot of reviews I purchased this 8" jointer for my home shop primarily based on the reviews and the fact that it is priced more like many of the 6" jointers. I find the additional 2 inches of width to be very handy. The tables are cast iron while many of the competitors are aluminum.It arrived in good condition. A considerable amount of care was given to designing the packaging. The unit was in Styrofoam and double boxed with sturdy corner reinforcement for both boxes.As it came from the factory the tables were very well aligned. Being somewhat of a perfectionist I did make a very small adjustment to the infeed table.I was surprised that a jointer with a spiral cutter was so reasonable priced but here is why: When I read spiral cutterhead I think of carbide blades that can be rotated to provide 4 cutting edges as they wear. This unit does not have carbide cutters. Instead, it has steel cutters that have only 2 cutting edges. I'n not sure why this is any advantage over straight blades since I would expect wear to be similar or, in fact, maybe worse than a 2 or 3 cutter unit with straight blades. I suspect it may wear somewhat faster because the blades are arranged around the cutterhead so that any given point on the piece being fed will have a cutter pass by only once per revolution of the cutterhead. For this reason a somewhat slower feed rate is needed to produce the finish quality of a 2 or 3 blade cutter or spiral carbide cutter. Of course the blades will be far less expensive to replace and I found the finish quality of the boards I tried to be quite good.The manual supplied is mostly adequate. It covers both the 6" and 8" model. There are some inconsistencies and errors of omission. For example, the inside of the front page lists the part number for the replacement cutters. The same part number is used for both jointers even though the 6" version has 12 cutters and the 8" has 16 cutters. Maybe you get 4 extra ones if you have the 6" version. While the reference on the first page is nice they might also have included other replacement parts such as the motor springs and brushes. You'll have to refer to the parts list for these. The most serious omission is that there is no information as to how to adjust the extension arms which are present only on the 8" model. These were not well adjusted from the factory and took some work to figure out how to fix them. The screws on the end of the arms are loosened to adjust the extension tubes laterally so they slide in and out of the table easily. On the underside of the end tube there are set screws which you loosen so you can rotate the collar to adjust the tube up and down.I am pleased with the quality of the unit. it is well built and makes nice clean cuts as long as you don't try to feed it too fast or take too large of a cut. For a home shop unit I think it is quite good.

Works great. Easy setup. As others have said, the fence could be more rigid, not a dealbreaker though. This brand has been good to me. I have had to use their customer service on previous purchases, they are fast and helpful. Every WEN product that I have purchased is still functioning perfectly. These are not lightweight, sophisticated and trendy looking. They are functional, long lasting and hard working. Backed by great service that speaks fluent English. I would recommend this brand to anyone.

This Cutech Jointer is a great reminder that there is a real difference in engineering and manufacturing quality between items coming from Taiwan and those from mainland China. This is a not a knock off or clone of something else, but rather the original that others re-badge.It arrives very well packaged, a good thing as it weighs in at around 100 lbs. Engineered card edge boards surround custom fit foam to keep everything well protected. The documentation is in decent English and easy to follow.Opening the plastic bag surrounding the jointer will have you reaching for shop cloths, as the entire unit is liberally protected with machine oil to guard against rust. Keep track of the fence enhancement pieces and the fence rails as you unbox things.It's well designed and assembled: there are no sharp or exposed edges to the metal work, the cast iron tables are perfectly machined, and the powder coat/paint is perfect.There's not a lot to assembly, just attaching the sliding fence rails and the fence itself. I bought the cast iron fence and so didn't install the supplied fence. The fence support enhancements are simple enough to install, and reflect a manufacturer who listens to customer feedback and acts upon it - earlier models did not have these additional supports and the fence stability was questioned a little because of it.Once assembled the fence was at a perfect 90 to the bed right from the box, no adjustment needed. I ran a 2x6 through both on edge and on it's face, the jointer is quieter than my dust collection and the finish perfectly smooth. Depth of cut adjustment is very straightforward, and locks confidently in place.Early days yet, but first impressions are overwhelmingly positive. I'd gladly buy Cutech again.