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dadiOH[_3_]

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I've been looking at jointers and planers for a home shop. It seems
that all of the commercially available jointers are 6" and the
planers are about 12". What's the point in having a planer twice as
large?

So that you can get a board of reasonable width to a given thickness and
still have the sides parallel. You can skinny one down on a joiner but the
sides are unlikely to wind up parallel.

Joiners are best for getting a straight *edge*; consequently, width of the
machine is of less importance. You can get wide joiners
too...12"...16""...all you have to do is spring for the big bucks.

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