Long Bed Parallelogram Jointer IJ-883P

“built better” to handle “monster cherry slabs”

“I compared it to Laguna, this one just felt like it was built better. Pretty pleased with how it performs.” That's how did Luke Frisch of Hazel Burr Design selected this jointer.

Now he uses this industrial jointer to process “monster cherry slabs,” 3" thick and 9 feet long. “They'll pair up to make a table top that'll be pretty impressive.” Watch a video of Frisch at work with his IJ-883P as well as his IP-208-HH planer.

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8 inch parallelogram jointer with helical head

I purchased this model 3 months ago and well, I am impressed! Working with James was a breeze and he answered my million questions with patience. The jointer arrived ahead of schedule and the crating was sufficient and undamaged. Lift gate service or fork truck is definitely required with this one. About the jointer....Straight out of the crate the paint was flawless, no dents, no dings, and all raw metal well coated with anti-corrosion grease. after a thorough clean-up, everything was ready to go except for tune-up and wiring the power source. I chose to direct wire mine to a separate breaker so the lack of cord didn't matter to me and made sense since everyone can have different wiring requirements.
After checking all tolerance in the machining, I was satisfied with the accuracy of the milling. the manual that came with the machine had the wrong table adjustment instructions included but after conferring with James and his team I was able to verify the correct procedure to adjust the table coplanar accuracy to within .002". I was very pleased with how easy it was with the parallelogram design and the fine adjustment of the cams. what used to take hours with jib sets and shims took about an hour and the design and quality machining was excellent.
I did not get a chance to test the unit with the included straight knife head as I immediately changed out the head with the additional helical head I ordered. One thing about their head design that separates them from the others is that the head rests in it's own carriage and easily comes off by unbolting 4 bolts to the jointer body. The helical head came with bearings already pressed on and in it's own carriage but did not have a pulley. If I could suggest one improvement, it would be to include a pulley on it rather than have to remove the stock head pulley and pin and re-install on the new head. However, with a bearing puller you can get from any auto parts store I had it removed and re-installed within minutes. all in all, head changes are a matter of minutes unlike that of the competitors.
I've had this unit for three months and the smoothness with which it operates, the power from the 3hp Leeson motor (a Crescent Electric rep. recommended them over Baldor on the competitors) was impressive, and the performance and accuracy of the adjustments and helical cutter head was first-rate. I have S2S'd multiple species from pine two by fours to Ipe hardwood with great accuracy and performance on boards from 2' to 8' .
Overall, I am really happy I chose Baileigh, getting a first class machine with several user friendly improvements over the competition. I would definitely recommend to anyone unfamiliar with the Baileigh line and look forward to my next Baileigh upgrade.

Sean Schriver Wildfire Woodworks