A planer will cut the wood to an even thickness, but will not flatten the
wood. A jointer will plane an edge to a perfectly flat surface allowing you
to make the wood square.

Richard

"Bill Armstrong" wrote in message
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Hello to all.

I recently came across a good deal of rough cut wood and so figured it
was time to buy me a planer. As I started looking at planers, I saw
that jointers and planers seem to do the same job.

So the question became what is the difference in usage and accuracy?
For a general workshop, should I eventually buy both or can one be made
to do the work of the other? If both, which first?

Thank you for your answers and opinions,
Bill