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Jointer planes
In article ,
says...
Jointing is done to
the side of the board with a shooting board. This allows the
plane, whatever it is, to follow a registerd line and shave the
boards where needed to make them straight of mate to each other.
A shooting board? For the edge of a 6' board? For the end, or
for a short edge, yes. But for a long edge, unless you have the
worlds largest shooting board, the reasons you gave for using a
jointer on the face of the board also apply to the edge.
And to the OP, I like a #8 because of the greater mass. Once
you get it going, it seems to bog down less than the lighter
planes. But it's all subjective - as Charlie said, people will
be people.
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Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
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