"Swingman" wrote in message news:...
>
> "Charlie M. 1958" wrote in message
> > Swingman wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Just a word of caution ... it is a mistake, and misuse of the tool, to
> rely
> > > upon, or use a jointer, to thickness your stock, as a jointer can't
> > > guarantee you parallel faces ... for that you need a planer.
> > >
> > > My advice would be to buy a planer first.
> > >
> >
> > Swingman,
> >
> > In the short time I've been hanging around here, your advice always
> > seems straightforward and practical, so I'll definitely give that some
> > thought.
> >
> > The reason I was leaning against a planer, though, was that I heard
> > (maybe erroneously) that a planer often did a poor job on the ends of
> > boards. Working with a lot of short stock, I really can't afford much
> > waste. Also, what are the problems with feeding short stock into a
planer?
>
> For a non-neander, IME it takes a very good, and usually expensive,
machine
> to effectively plane stock not much longer than the combined infeed and
> outfeed table without snipe, and you still may need to come up with a jig
of
> some type to do it, although it is doable.
One of the things I forgot to mention: jointing short stock on a jointer is
no guarantee against snipe. Snipe is quite common when jointing short boards
unless you really have your jointing technique down ... an art in itself.
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