Planing boards wider than your jointer
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Hail the wood wizard :)
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Thanks for the tip, i justed planed 10in oak board this way with my 6in jointer
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And all this time I have been using a planer sled with hot glue and shims. A major PITA! I'm gonna try this next time for sure.
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Why not just take light cuts on a planer and never use a jointer for faces? Put the bow up and thin it slowly. Always seemed easier than this process.
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@homosapienssapiens19 You cut it down, wide boards will cup anyways. So rip it to logical widths, plane it down as needed and leave a little extra for after glue up to be sanded smooth. If you must a belt sander running 45 degrees to the lumber over the joints then orbital sand to finish. Tip: keep boards flush on glue up.
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I wonder if your jointed side would come out level & truly flat with this method.
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All very well, but what do you do if the booard is more then twice as wide?
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Omg! you scared me!! 0:35
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I love this video and I am going to make lots of clamps for my shop but I wonder if you could use multiple dowels instead of finger jointing. I guess that could be a way of testing the Dowel max jig vs the finger joints
Is that a mastercraft planer? im looking at getting one, would you reccomend it?
Thanks.
TheInternalKillerXx 1 month ago
Yes. I got it because it was cheap. Worked adequately so far.
Matthiaswandel 1 month ago
A workable method indeed, but it really makes me cringe to see your hands passing over the cutterhead, especially on such a short board. To me, it feels much more assuring safety-wise to use push-paddles. Plus, using them, I can/am willing to put more pressure on the board, especially with very hard woods, which can bounce a lot as they are being planed.
martinjcamp 1 year ago
you probably need to sharpen and adjust your blades if you get bounce.
Matthiaswandel 1 year ago
But what if your board is wider than the planer? :-/
kresimircindric 1 year ago 5
Then you are SOL.
Matthiaswandel 1 year ago 11