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Michael White

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Which would you buy first if you could only buy one. Either of these
would be in the $400 range not the high end pro models, at least not
yet. Thanks!

I bought a planer because it's possible to use it as a jointer, and
it's possible to use your table saw as a jointer, and it's possible to
joint yer wood with a hand plane. There's lots of ways to flatten a
board but not many ways to get all your stock to a precise thickness
with both surfaces parallel.

But it didn't take me long to really, REALLY want a good 8 inch
jointer. I got a lot of use out of the planer alone but it sure is a
joy having both. 400 is not a bad price for a planer but I think the
kind of jointer you'd get for that will give you more frustration than
help. I paid a little over 700 for my Griz G0586. They're about 800
now.
In a jointer, length of bed really matters.

If I had it to do over I'd still buy the planer first and force myself
to wait till I could afford a longbed jointer, or find one used.
Usually in hindsight I'd make changes but in that instance I still
think I did it right.

Agreed. You can pick up a decent DeWalt planer for around $400. I went the
cheap route with a jointer, and it pretty much sits and gathers (saw)dust.
I end up using my radial arm saw for any large jointing, and my router
table for any small work.

BTW, Craftsman 6 1/4" jointer for sale. $80 OBO. Lightly used. In Ft.
Worth, Texas.
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Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer