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jointer as planer
At the risk of getting flamed, I want to find out if anyone is using a jointer for thickness planing Disclaimer - yes I know the jointer vs. planer debate is hashed out here weekly, and the correct answer is that you need both a jointer and a planer, so no need to flame me with those answers. So the process would be to first do the usual -- joint a face, joint an edge, rip the opposite edge -- then where you would use a planer, use the jointer instead on the last face to get the board to final width. You risk getting the faces out of parallel of course (how often would this happen?) I know you can use the jointer to taper a board by starting or ending a board short of one end. So if you're thicknessing with the jointer and the 2 faces are getting out of parallel, can't you use the tapering technique to reduce width on the wider side? It's a hack for sure, but seems like it might suffice. Thanks, Michael |