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- From: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:37:52 GMT
- Subject: Re: re: Jointer vs Planer - Thanks
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- bennett@adobe.com(Bennett Leeds) writes:
- >
- >The second uses a broad spring on the infeed table to force the wood up
- >against a "bed" that is bolted to the jointer above the knives. You
- >adjust the thickness by adding or removing shims from the bolts, thus
- >raising or lowering the bed. With heavy boards you'd need a strong spring,
- >there's no power feed so the results may be inconsistent, and bolting and
- >unbolting to add/remove shims has got be a painful way to adjust thickness.
- >
- >The books also discuss jigs that enable face jointing using a thickness
- >planer. These may be useful even if you have a jointer, since chances
- >are your planer is considerably wider.
- >----------
-
- You might want to check out James Krenov's "A Cabinetmaker's Notebook".
-
- He uses a "Jointer-Planer", which is really a jointer with a hand
- crank adjustable attachement that presses the work into the blades.
- He prefers handfeeding the work.
-
- This is quite similar to the jigs I have seen described. I set something
- like it up last night using homemade jig. I understand why he likes it.
- feeding the work isn't too hard, you have infinite control over the
- speed, and you end up with nice parallel faces.
-
- It isn't as convenient as planing, and yes, on my 6" jointer, it only
- planes a 6" board, but then, I think out of hundreds of boards I have
- bought, maybe two or three were wider than 6", and I ended up ripping
- them down smaller anyway.
-
- So, now I have Bernard Maas on my side, saying a jointer is an essential
- woodworking tool, and also James Krenov, in addition to Tag Frid who
- also uses his jointer as a planer.
-