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Andy Dingley Andy Dingley is offline
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Default Convert a powr planer to a jointer

On 12 Jun, 20:18, "
wrote:

trying to edge plane 2" thick boards for edge
joining wondering if anyone has attempted to convert their electric
planer such as this into a jointer.


A jointer is a plaining device that has long tables for flatness, and
a vertical fence for setting up a right angle. There's nothing magic
about which way up it points. Turning a handheld planer upside down
doesn't magically transform it into a jointer.

The "Captain Hook Jointer" is pointless and stupid. Not because it's
hazardous (and it is), but because it involves doing work to make the
housing for it, all to give you something that works less well than
simply passing the tool over the workpiece in the way it's meant to
be. It still has short tables, so it's not going to give you a
usefully straight edge for glue joints.

If you're working big things, the easiest way to work them is probably
to hold them firmly in place (Workmate time) and move a planing device
(hand or electric) over their surface. It's easier than trying to
carry something the size of a door over a fixed jointer, even if you
already have a nice big jointer.

As CW suggested, a good #7 can still cost less than an indifferent
electric planer and it has the accuracy to give you a good edge
surface.