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- From: coffin@surfin.Eng.Sun.COM (Chip Coffin)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Planer Questions
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 02:52:36 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- >Does anyone have a jig that would set the wood on its side so that you
- >could use it as a joiner?
-
- I don't think you understand what a jointer does. By setting the board on its side,
- you will make the board width uniform, and put a nice finish on the edge that's
- being planed but don't expect the board to be "joined". Planers do not remove the
- crown of a board, even if you put it on edge. You have to do that on a table saw
- or with a joiner.
-
- My advice is to plan on buying a jointer (or joiner - who really cares). Look
- in the paper for used ones and pounce on them (they go quickly). But you can find
- some good deals there. I bought a sears 6-1/8 for 175 and sold it 1 year later for 200
- (I did have it nicely tuned, though). Then I bought a used walker turner for 95.
-
- BTW, you can make stock as thin as you like, irrespective of the type of planer
- (except a dull one) if you stick the stock to a piece of plywood or other carrier
- and then run it through. Carpet tape is supposed to work well for this.
-
-
- >Sorry, can't help you here. I would rather have a jointer and make
- >it act like a planer than vice-versa.
-
- I bought a jointer before I owned a planer. Then I had to buy the planer to make
- up for the thickness differences created with the jointer... So much for the cheap route...
-
- IMHO, they are not interchangeable tools, and if you get to the level of woodworking where
- you need a jointer, you probably need a planer too.
-
- My father did tons and tons of projects with neither (and really only had a
- radial arm saw) But he always used dimentioned lumber, and got good enough
- joining results (for his projects) on his RAS. These were not fine woodworking
- projects, but he never got to that level. In his own words "I'm a 2x4 kinda guy".
- He admittedly never had the patience that I seem to think I'm going to develop by
- spending tons of bucks on tools....:)
-
- Don't kid yourself - If you are doing fine woodworking projects, you need both, or
- you need to learn how to use hand tools to produce the same result.
-
-
- have fun!!! and be safe!
-
-
- chip
-