In article .com, "dustyone" wrote:

I buy my wood planed to thickness, so my first purchase will be a
jointer. With some advanced planning, I can buy all of the stock for a
given project, even if it requires many thicknesses.

To properly surface stock, it must be both jointed *and* planed - in that
order. You're setting yourself up for problems if you buy lumber already
thicknessed, then joint it, but don't have it thickness-planed again *after*
jointing.

Here's the reason: thickness-planed = opposite faces parallel (board is the
same thickness everywhere). Jointed = one face made straight and flat.
Result: opposite face is no longer parallel to the jointed face, and the board
needs to be thickness-planed again if you want it to be the same thickness
everywhere.


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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?