Thread: Jointing Question (also urgent)

Definitely possible and pretty safe. I'd recommend going from both ends and meeting in the middle so it doesn't blow out as the blades leave the cut.
Also, if your machine is wide enough, try and skew the box so that you don't enter the cut all at once. If you can't, hold on to it firmly as it'll probably try and kick back a bit.

If you have a shelix head on your jointer, then you can ignore everything above and just go for it. There will be some break out but, in my experience, it's pretty minimal.

I'd say that if you try to run that over a jointer, you are going to make a mess of the end. You will also reduce the thickness of the bottom and throw your corner mitres out.

If starting again isn't an option, you could build some kind of base for it to try and cover it up, or even make it look like you meant to have it bowed. Put feet on the bottom or something so that it sits above the top of the desk by a 10mm or so, which will make it less obvious.

Or turn it upside down if the bow on the top isn't so bad.

Originally Posted by silentC

I'd say that if you try to run that over a jointer, you are going to make a mess of the end. You will also reduce the thickness of the bottom and throw your corner mitres out.

If starting again isn't an option, you could build some kind of base for it to try and cover it up, or even make it look like you meant to have it bowed. Put feet on the bottom or something so that it sits above the top of the desk by a 10mm or so, which will make it less obvious.

Or turn it upside down if the bow on the top isn't so bad.

I tried making a frame and it failed epicly. And cant think of any legs to make that would be modern enough. Might just line the bottom with felt. Screwed now. Cant think how i would make it look like its supposed to be bowed.

Originally Posted by NLJBHDWood

I tried making a frame and it failed epicly. And cant think of any legs to make that would be modern enough. Might just line the bottom with felt. Screwed now. Cant think how i would make it look like its supposed to be bowed.

I was thinking just some feet about 10mm or so thick. Like these:

ACF107-rubber-screw-on-feet.jpg

Put them set back from the front so that you can't really see them. They hold it up off the desk so that your 'design feature' is less obvious. Like what you're trying to do with the felt.

Personally, I think that if you try running it over a jointer it is just going to look like a cock up.

Put the little feet on it, and think of it like the trailer of a semi-trailer (they have a bow in them too, but theirs is deliberate) - it's there so that when loaded, it's straight. You could even say you were inspired by semi-trailers having that bow and gain credit for your keen powers of observation!!!

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

Put the little feet on it, and think of it like the trailer of a semi-trailer (they have a bow in them too, but theirs is deliberate) - it's there so that when loaded, it's straight. You could even say you were inspired by semi-trailers having that bow and gain credit for your keen powers of observation!!!

Not a bad idea, calling it a design feature, but if your going to do that, that bow is called a "Positive Camber"