stryped wrote:
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> I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
> wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
> right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
> boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
Small boards are quickly and easily jointed with a hand plane.
Longer boards are also easily jointed with a hand plane--it
just takes a little longer.
But there are few things you can do with hand tools that
are more fun.
--
FF
Do you have a tablesaw? If I read you correctly and the boards are 1
inch thick & 2 inches wide, you can straighten them on a TS. You'll
need a board a with a good straight edge a little longer and somewhat
wider than the boards you "jointing" Check most any book on using the
tablesaw for how to do this.
On 20 Jan 2006 05:53:50 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
>wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
>right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
>boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
How small? Small unsupported pieces of wood should be kept away from
a jointer, chop saw, or table saw. For small stock I typically use
hand tools.
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
> wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
> right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
> boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
>
As long as they are a safe length to work with. Usually 12-18" minimum.
That said, I suggest a planer first. You can, with a sled, flatten a board
with a planer.
For what it's work I too have survived 30 years in woodworking without a
jointer; but the planer comes in handy all the time. To joint boards I
have always used a hand plane, just reverse one board & clamp both in a
vise to plane the edge.
JJS
stryped wrote:
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> I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
> wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
> right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
> boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
>
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
> wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
> right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
> boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
No, they cannot be planed on a jointer. They can be made flat but the
surfaces will not necessarily be parallel to each other.
You can, however, joint boards other ways. With a planer, you can make a
sled or carrier to hold the board while getting one surface flat. Once that
is done, you flip the boards and plane as usual.
To get one edge you can also mount the board on a sled and run it through
the table saw, then cut as needed.
There are differing opinions, but I've survived so far with no jointer, just
a planer. YMMV.
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I have several rough sawn oak boards about 1 inch thick and 2 inches
>> wide. I am a newbie to woodworkign and cant afford a jointer and planer
>> right now. Was looking at jointer's at lowes yesterday. For such small
>> boards, can they just be planed and jointed on the jointer?
>
> No, they cannot be planed on a jointer. They can be made flat but the
> surfaces will not necessarily be parallel to each other.
Boy Edwin, you and I read that question differently. LOL. I think "you"
read it correctly.