On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:01:32 GMT, "Roger M." wrote:

Seriously........Why does one need a jointer??

I have made a beautiful desk, and other furniture that have stood up to over
20 years of my abuse. I always buy my rough lumber with one side cut
straight, and I take it home to plane, and then rip on my "General"
contractors table saw. I use old fashioned pipe clamps to hold my boards in
place while gluing. When I take the boards to a local saw shop for sanding
even,. they always comment on how straight and even they are ( and i don't
use any type of biscuits or doweling). I will purchase a jointer if u can
tell me what benefits there are in having one. I have wondered this for
quite some years, and am hoping someone can help me. Thanks in advance.

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What can I say except that I have been creating sawdust for 20 years
LONGER then you and I need a ...Jointer.

It just seems to me that anyone who would go to the trouble to have
his supplier put one straight edge on his rough lumber then " plane"
that same rough lumber (by hand or not) then glue up a panel
would also take the time to grab the resulting glued up panel and
plane and sand it himselp....

Maybe my definition of rough lumber is different then yours...

Somehow I think you are starting with lumber that is surfaced on 3
sides ...(that is not rough cut lumber by my definition) then gluing
it up then hauling it to a local shop to have the faces sanded
flat......

Just my thought...

Bob Griffiths