Homemade jointer build

[clockguy2]

As a former commercial cabinetmaker, I don't understand why you would want to scrap a planer to make a jointer? Around here, planers are going at a premium while they are practically giving away jointers. Our jointer sat collecting dust as we could get better results on the table saw using a good blade and a commercial saw fence. Your craftsmanship is very good, but why not sell the planer and buy a jointer that has a cast iron bed, pocket the extra moola, and build some furniture?

[Matthiaswandel]

Around here, I can buy a 12" planer for $200, but a 12" jointer would cost over $2500.

[clockguy2]

@Matthiaswandel I guess your desire to get a 12" cut for your slabs would justify the build as I just saw in another of your videos that you already have what looks like a 6 or 8" jointer. First class woodworking there.

[paulstoolbox]

Hey Matthias,

This is incredible!

Thanks!! 

[localcrew]

Very nice I hope that it lasts a good long time and gives you many years of reliable service.

[jamesjaw]

Why don't you just buy one?

Sorry I'm a joiner.

[zozey1231]

"So far so good, nothing exploding."

I lost it

[hashchannel]

so where are the blunts?

[twohandband]

I would imagine that building the thing, for you, gave as much enjoyment as having and using it in your shop.

[crzykd]

100 times wow 

[jaulassur]

good job!

Buen trabajo

[mrcecilia26]

Matthias tu sei bravissimo

[athiker7209]

I am very impressed with not only your woodworking, but mechanical assets as well. I hope you have started using push pads when especially planing the face. A friend of mine lost 2 fingers when the board was shot out and his hand went down on the blades. But that surely was some good work there. Thanks for sharing.

[CarpinteroJesus]

you are a master carpenter indeed, congratulations

[chaos2nyte]

you are a true genius!!

[stevo2sleeves]

looks a bit lethal

[Schreinerpower]

Watch out your toes, i see you work in sandals... :-)

Greetings from Germany

[hassleoffa]

Dude ... totally killer job.

[Morbius1963]

You're very talented. Take care of those fingers.

[KKKn50cal]

All I can say is VERY, VERY NICE!

Great vid.

You workmanship is absolutely awesome!

[tim30409]

Push sticks man, Push sticks

[bartles4414]

mathias do you by any chance happen to have any plans on how to build it? my email is stachuarainville@gmail.com

[Matthiaswandel]

Not at this time. Sorry.

[frekleet]

when i saw homemade i said ok something i can make , wt the hell ..... man are you kiddin' me , thats so brilliant

[FrancescoTEscobar]

Matthiaswandel, I challenge your gear & puzzle making skills to making one of this: watch?v=2Ue67v9HZRk&feature=re­lated

[iRouRoui]

you make it look so easy to build, but in fact I can never do this alone.

[ploerii]

reeeaaaalll sick!:O

[servisblik]

Recommend that the shutter blades do not over one piece of plywood, and a set of rods connected by a thin rope between Saboya, Mercator passes through reyki.Pri planing the workpiece, protective shutter to move over to the side and slide to the bottom without disturbing the motion near the machine.

[servisblik]

Рекомендую шторку над ножами сделать не из цельного куска фанеры ,а из набора реек соединёнными между сабой тонким тросом ,каторый проходит сквозь рейки.При строгании заготовки, защитная шторка должна отодвигаться в сторону и сползать в низ не мешая движению возле станка.

[1alan1977]

nice build chap !!

[ranwood1]

I looked this up hoping to find a new use for the the parts of my old Unique 250 door machine. You made my brain feel tiny.:{

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Love the rise and fall mechanism. Thanks.

[MrBorsuQ]

6:29 NICE SANDAL  protektion :D

[TheOlddoggie]

Wow!

[jk4bs]

Thanks for the great videos. Perhaps I missed it but I did not see a part 2...

[VALLINEDISOPRA]

BRAVO

[complexpower]

Incredible.

[hydeph]

i am saving my pennies to build a few of your tools.. i work in a woodshop and your website keeps me enthusiastic about woodworking after a week of work. can't wait to tinker in my own shop. you're a great inspiration (:

[kirbyforlife420]

I see u had sandals on whipe u were working that's a safety issues u could drop something

[gluemanred]

Amazing!!!

[homosapienssapiens19]

Where's part 2? I always look forward to your videos.

[0607006]

Friend,you are a GENIUS !!!

Your videos inspire me.

Thank you.

[warrudoz]

the wood engineer. :)

[ploetzlich30]

Die Idee ist - wie immer - Sehr gut! But here comes the downside - way to big! a version where i could use a small handjointer adding some woodenplanks and transforming it into something like a table-jointer would be handy.

[Mauser712]

I've sometimes pondered the possibility of a combination machine that uses the same cutterhead for a jointer on the top and a planer on the underside. But the result would probably perform neither function well.

Also, for laminating big glue-ups of ply, you ought to consider vacuum-bagging.

[s37d]

man u have a lot of free time

[Smashedsmurf]

wheres part 2 :(



[Carvagner]

SENSACIONAL!!!

MARAVILHOSO!!!



[morpheusduvall]

Excellent engineering on the parallelogram design, much easier to make with simple tools than dovetailed ways. I'd be inclined to use an induction motor, but then again, you've already got the motor off the planer.

[framergp]

I wish I had the time to do all the great things you do. But, maybe when I retire? Keep up the fantastic work you do. Thanks for sharing

[120ohm]

That's legit!



[RSKueffner]

Matthias... you scare me... I believe this is your most impressive project yet. It looks like you have a very solid design there too. Can't wait for the next installment on this project of yours. Keep up the good work!

[LeopoldUlysees]

Absolutely amazing - and inspirational.

[tympt1]

Sitting here in England looking at the rain out of the window (well it is an English summer!). Just thinking to myself, this man can make anything. As usual - brilliant.

[woodsprout]

Wow, a 12" jointer in the shop, think of the possibilities! Seems like it would handle medium and light weight work just fine.

[pumkinvine]

Can I have your Powermatic jointer?

[BlueMacGyver]

Any chance we might see you add a jig for precise circle making? I hope that makes sense.

[Rubyred2200]

GENIUS!!!

[Zackmex]

you are my hero; what kind of engineer are you? I really like all your shop made tools

[SgtBooker44]

Has anybody ever accused you of being a genius?

The stuff you make with wood simply amazes me.

[sohnrog]

push sticks!

[adamziesway]

Step one: ruin a perfectly good power planer...

[Cozzmos]

@adamziesway Yeah, and end up with a 12-13" jointer... I'd do it any day if I thought I had the skills to make it work.

[adamziesway]

@Cozzmos I'll be honest with you, I didnt even think of that, very good point

[speedycar4]

you should put out free plans on how to do this.

[technicallymark]

@speedycar4 why should the plans be for free? Have you ever designed anything and made the plans available for free?

[surfrash]

Hey Mathias, have you ever considered making yourself a CNC? Im sure you could do it and I bet it would be very useful around the shop. Anyway, nice work and thanks for the videos.

[joshandkendra]

Thanks a bunch for continuing to share your work. I know it's not insignificant to document everything so well, and your machines are really inspiring. I can't wait to get started on the homemade bandsaw (bought the plans, hoping to get started soon). If I stumble across a beat up planer to part out, this machine will certainly get built immediately after.

[Sigpilot97]

Your amazing. Wish I had your imagination and ability. Oh well, you can lead and I will follow. Thanks!

[dlapp14]

cant wait for next monday for part 2!

[drstampfli]

Matthias,

You remind me of when I was a young kid, and I won a blue ribbon at the local fair for a crude and simple toolbox I made.

They sent me to the State Fair to exhibit and be judged. As I was walking in with my little toolbox there was another young kid rolling in his handcarved grandfather's clock!!

I've been scarred all my live because of that. Wait a minute, YOU were that kid... weren't you!!?

[Matthiaswandel]

Naww, I don't go to fairs. Its' so hard to explain stuff sometimes. When I tell people I built a homemade bandsaw, but first have to explain what a bandsaw is, the whole point is lost.

[Gplumbz]

What a guy!

[Sodabowski]

We have been a few to think about it, but to my knowledge you've been the first to do it. Great job dude!

[Serostern]

Add an arrow pointing at where the blade is.

So you know how far you got from your thumb to the blade.

[Monk3yman77]

Unbelievable. Great work

[lo0ok96]

I like it

[Larenzoid]

Matt, you amaze me. From home made jointer to home made air gun to...whatever may come to mind. It would be nice to have a 12 inch jointer, but I never would have thought of making one like that. Good luck with it, but as usual you seem to make your own luck.

Larry

[TheBombingRange]

You know what I've noticed: all of these projects require items from other projects: in order to make a jointer, he needs the C clamps, in order to make the C clamps he needed the box joint jig. It just keeps on building on previous projects, which is not a bad thing, but not everybody has all of the same equipment and tools. At the same time, some people might want to build this and might not want to build, say, the box joint jig, so they would not really be able to build the clamps, etc...

[littlestworkshop]

@TheBombingRange You don't have to use the same clamps (heavy weights, a vac bag, 2X4s and shorter clamps) besides you can make a box-joint without a box-joint jig it just takes a little longer. The nice thing is that if you want to follow in his footsteps you can, all the info is available either for free or for very little money.

[Serostern]

@TheBombingRange You can put bricks on the thing he glued together in this project instead of using his long reach clamps.

Or you could park your car on it.

Or you could use a car jack and a piece of halfinch steel to press the piece of steel onto the wood by using the car jack and a log.

Or you can use short clamps and hope for luck.

Or....

Think, McFly! THINK!

[woodsprout]

@TheBombingRange If he had not made his long reach clamps, you would be thinking that you needed to purchase some. Right?

....but because he made his long reach clamp, he is to blame???

Also I think some people are jumping the gun here. Plans? I doubt he's committed to plans yet. Looks to me he's in the middle of an experiment. What I'm learning from Mathias is the experimental and tinkering process. The perfecting it will come after testing. Adapting plans for others, even later.

[deezynar]

Very nice. Will you have a better way to get those fussy nuts in place when you do the final plans?

[scarmenl]

Now I know what I'm going to do with the 13" delta I have with a really rusty raise and lower system from being in storage. Thank you very much.

[griiiiiiiiiin]

SWEEEEET!! I've waited all my life for this video. Thanks soooo much!! Can't wait for the plans to be available!

[apatientspider]

Geez, Matthias, your jointing technique scares the crap outa me. You really should make yourself a simple pusher shoe with a hook on its rear for face jointing boards, especially short ones. That said, it's a pretty neat machine so far. It might be wise to apply Formica or very thin metal to the bottom of the tables to prevent unequal moisture exchange and its attendant warping. At least several coats of sealer.

[Matthiaswandel]

Did you notice the "part 1" part of the title?

[apatientspider]

@Matthiaswandel

Yup, sure did - that's why I said "pretty neat machine so far." :-) I expect you'll be thinking of changes and improvements as you move along with it - you always do.

[hagonamatata]

This is very impressive man

[FHomeBrew]

What does a jointer do? Is it anything like sanding?

[Wi11Pr3ston]

@FHomeBrew A jointer trues up a face or edge of a board. For example, if the edge of a board is still rough or has bark on it's edge, a pass or 2 on the jointer will leave the piece with a straight edge that can be run through a table-saw against it's fence to create two parallel edges. A similar operation is done when "facing" a board except after the face of the piece is jointed, it is sent through a planer to create 2 parallel faces. A jointer won't do any sanding operations. Hope this helps!

[FHomeBrew]

@Wi11Pr3ston Yeah a bit. I looked it up on google images and wikipedia. It still seems like a very coarse sanding to me though :p But I realize the difference. Thnx for the reply.

[NeitSotm]

Looks great! Are you going to put a guard on that belt?

[SupaStarrTV]

you're good with wood

[Zawazuki]

Amazing.

[attainableapex]

crazy

planer to jointer conversion wow

[05kendalls]

very safe wearing flip flops lol

[supermatthew222]

I don't think is luck, I think its skill

[olivecronas]

SANDALS!? IN A WORKSHOP!?

[Kaputznefreble]

@olivecronas Thats because shoes is the only thing Matthias STILL didn't figure out how to make out of wood. But I assure hes working on it!

[FHomeBrew]

@Kaputznefreble He can call that project Clogs 2.0 :p

[woodsprout]

If anyone questions sandals in the workshop, you should ask a Samurai. ^o^

[thenarfer]

Bra jobba!

[techwizzy]

You are a legend!

[atmike1]

It makes you wonder how they charge $3,000 to $5,000 for a 12" jointer. My advise would be to pick up some inexpensive push blocks or you will making yourself wooden bionic fingers.

[jeriellsworth]

Wonderful

[NOLAMarathon2010]

Nice, Matthias. Nice.

[LJG781]

FANTASTIC........

[pupip55]

wow

[1moreshoot]

Bravissimo !!!! Un genio.

[Morkvonork]

Open pulleys are really evil when it comes to sucking clothes in :-(

[ToiletMaker]

Lol an allan key. You sure you didn't buy this from IKEA? :P

[tomek123kotek]

@ToiletMaker why, whats wrong with using an allen key?, if youre wondering, that is the correct name for it.

[ToiletMaker]

@tomek123kotek Well I 'spose it's a bit of a joke between my friends. But the thought of putting together some complicated furniture from IKEA with nothing more than a bent piece of iron is kind of funny.

[tomek123kotek]

@ToiletMaker i agree

[TheViewer44]

Delta Planer has a Triforce on it from Legend of Zelda..

[Hexpigge]

I think i helped my grandfather to build one when I was a kid. Nice job, and the word "genius" is not enough to describe you.

[senorquax]

Once again Matthias, you have left me amazed! Keep up the awesome work!!

[INDIMOLLEJO]

Bravo bravo!! Good ideas and good work

[voidmansions]

You appear to have a habit of putting up some very timely videos! I better go and get some plywood...

[PremierKP3]

this is amazing!

[Uzair980]

Absolute genius. Great work.

[prosper58]

You're a genius.

[TeenWoodworker]

Man this is such a good idea, you get a much wider jointing width for a lot less money! It was good for you that you had this spare old planer.

My bandsaw is getting there by the way, with time off duel to school holidays I may get it finished soon.

Alex :-)

[austinbarnett1]

fantastic!

[99manga99]

hi

[jricketts1]

nice work!