I've seen the posts about planing with a jointer, do I need a
jointer, do I need a planer, and so on. I'm wondering if those people
really find it that hard to understand, or they're just trolling.

Seems pretty basic to me, you can't really use a jointer in place
of a planer, just "sorta".

Seems pretty basic to me, you can't use a planer in place of a
jointer either. However.

However, I have found that by using a planer sled, it can
substitute for a jointer. At times.

My planer sled will hold a piece(s) of wood clamped in place. So,
sending it thru multiple times, taking just a bit off each time, it will
give a straight edge. Then unclamp, flip the wood on one side, reclamp,
send it thru multiple times, and you can thereafter send it thru without
the sled. A bit of a PITA perhaps, but workable.

So far, I've only tried this with pieces shorter than my planer
sled, which is about 18" long, so not sure how it would work with longer
pieces. With the shorter pieces, I have noticed that apparently there
is no snipe.

If I had a jointer I probably would never have tried this, but I
don't, and I did. Don't bother telling me it won't work, because it does
for me. But, if/when I get a jointer, I doubt I'll keep doing it this
way.
I made my planer sled with just glue for fastening, just in cae,
and cam clamps to hold the wood. Works great.



JOAT
People without "things" are just intelligent animals.

"J T" wrote:

If I had a jointer I probably would never have tried this, but I
don't, and I did. Don't bother telling me it won't work, because it does
for me. But, if/when I get a jointer, I doubt I'll keep doing it this
way.

Hell yeah it works.

Shim (off-the-shelf softwood shims) a wonky board so it lays flat on the
sled without rocking, then thin multiple passes though the planer on a 13"
wide piece of mdf with a stop glued at the end, to keep the workpiece going
forward.

... pretty good way to start milling 1/4" or 1/2" stock out boards that are
too cupped/twisted/warped to use otherwise.

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Sat, Jan 1, 2005, 5:42pm (EST-1) (Swingman) swears:
Hell yeah it works.
Shim (off-the-shelf softwood shims) a wonky board so it lays flat on the
sled without rocking, then thin multiple passes though the planer on a
13" wide piece of mdf with a stop glued at the end, to keep the
workpiece going forward.
=A0=A0... pretty good way to start milling 1/4" or 1/2" stock out boards
that are too cupped/twisted/warped to use otherwise.

With the cam clamps I don't need to do any shimming, they'll hold
it in place nicely. Only thing, the present sled is only wide enough to
take wood up to about 6" wide. Eventually, I'll make a wider sled for
wider pieces, just haven't needed one yet. Anything less then the 6", I
put some side shims in, so the cam clamps can apply pressure.



JOAT
People without "things" are just intelligent animals.

In article , J T
wrote:

However, I have found that by using a planer sled, it can
substitute for a jointer. At times.

My planer sled will hold a piece(s) of wood clamped in place. So,
sending it thru multiple times, taking just a bit off each time, it will
give a straight edge. Then unclamp, flip the wood on one side, reclamp,
send it thru multiple times, and you can thereafter send it thru without
the sled. A bit of a PITA perhaps, but workable.

This month's Fine Woodworking (February 2005) has a long article about
this very thing. The author uses a 5 foot long sled, although it's a
bit elaborate for my tastes.

Kevin

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:56:36 -0600, Kevin Craig wrote:

In article , J T
wrote:

However, I have found that by using a planer sled, it can
substitute for a jointer. At times.

My planer sled will hold a piece(s) of wood clamped in place. So,
sending it thru multiple times, taking just a bit off each time, it will
give a straight edge. Then unclamp, flip the wood on one side, reclamp,
send it thru multiple times, and you can thereafter send it thru without
the sled. A bit of a PITA perhaps, but workable.

This month's Fine Woodworking (February 2005) has a long article about
this very thing. The author uses a 5 foot long sled, although it's a
bit elaborate for my tastes.

Kevin

They also have a good video of the sled and how to use it:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt095.asp