Woodworking #6 - The Jointer's Jumpin'

In this episode, I review one of the most critical and fundamental aspects of woodworking: milling lumber. I review my 4-step milling process, which requires some big tools. And since I know many folks don't have a fully outfitted shop, I also present numerous alternative methods for jointing edges and flattening faces. The jointer's jumpin'!!!

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• woodworking
• wood
• milling
• jointer

[danebdon]

11:13 I really don't understand this point - if the timber is too wide to go through your jointer as it is, how does glueing it to an even wider board help?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@danebdon because we are sending it through the planer, not the jointer.

[ChrisBowlas]

If one's jointer is jumping, are its bearing defective?  :-)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@ChrisBowlas If its jumping too much, return it. :)

[carykong]

Woodwhisperer---do you have a video on ways to turn your table saw into a jointer?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@carykong Only what you saw in this video.

[jumbo508]

@danebdon really how does that help

[psychomikeo500]

i read an article once about jointing with a table saw. you put a sacrificial fence on your saw and raise the blade up into it. then behind the blade, you put a thin piece of wood the width of the exposed blade and keep the board straight to that to joint an edge

[rudoatlas]

Hi. According to this, especially the end of this video, I am decided about to build my own CNC router base. :-) Realize that feeling of timber perfectly flattening itself automatically during my coffe break :-) heh

[Justicejamesb]

I have a problem; whenever I use my jointer it creates a "wedge" shaped board, has anyone ran into this before? Email; justicejamesb@gmail.com

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@LFWOL I try to avoid saying things like "always" and "never" in woodworking, lol. Always lands me in hot water. 99% of the time I go with the concave side down. But there are some instance where its more effective to go with the convex side down. Primary, with a thinner piece that just by virtue of pushing across the jointer, flattens out "artificially" from your hand pressure.

[daves201]

Good video, but I have to point out that your use of the word coplaner is incorrect.

Two planes can be parallel, but to be coplaner would mean that the board has zero thickness.

[GamingDrummer89]

With cups, I always have to put the convex side down. But I have to do it the other way with bows and twists. If I don't, I always find that the little bit of downward pressure I put on the board is enough (especially with long/thin boards) to press the center of the board flat only for it to spring back up to being bowed slightly. If I do it the other way, I don't put any pressure on the high spots (the ends) and those basically "float" over the knives and make the face come out perfectly flat.