Homemade jointer

http://woodgears.ca/jointer/build2.html
Showing off the homemade 12" jointer

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• jointer
• wood
• planer
• homemade
• howto
• build

[dch888]

Is it really so clever? Why take the cutter head and motor from a (working?) planer which was presumably made of cast iron. For safety I would definitely prefer the cast iron version. ricande's comment below is worthy of some serious thought.

[Matthiaswandel]

Read the linked article, and you'll understand better.

[MaYbYl8eR]

You must have a lot of that green paint.

[Cozzmos]

Great! I always wondered what Jimmy Neutron would be doing when he grew up...

[clockguy2]

Paste wax applied with a rag is what we used in our cabinet shop to lubricate and protect metal surfaces such as table saws and jointers. It really makes a difference in reducing friction and prevents rust. Should your table get rust on it, the green Scotch bright pads are awesome for polishing it back up quickly.

[nef003]

You are a genius.. Keep it up :)

[wintersnot]

I admire your designs. Quite clever, and inspiring, not "crazy".

I'm wondering if the beds may warp in time if both sides aren't laminated equally. It may with the temperture of the different materials.

Thanks for sharing your designs!

[you5711]

You're super smart. I love the work, and I was smiling during the entire video. =) You could be designing power tools professionally with the brains you've got. I can't wait to see some of your other videos. Keep up the fantastic work!

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

Excellent little invention. Might I suggest that you make some sort of fully adjustable automatic "motorized" feed mechanism with some soft rubber rollers, skate board wheel, roller blade wheel what have you, that feed the wood in and keeps it steady so you don't have to reach in over the actual blade. If your electric motor is powerful enough you could leach some power of that to drive a shaft turning some roller blade wheel. You could make easy to put on and take off if you're doing uprights.

[badopinion]

That project just blew my mind all over my computer screen. Hats off to you sir.

[Shmalentine]

Wow. That's really badass!!!

[missionron]

this guy is really amazing

[startreking2007]

@deleetmeeh Where of to see the wizard, would you like to come too?

[moucon]

@frugalaudio Won't work if the stock is out of parallel - you have to joint a reference surface first - then plane. Big planer rollers or dual heads will force warped stock flat -and it'll just spring back when it come out - you'll have thinner warped stock instead of one flat reference side.