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Hi, click here...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jointer

Hi Mud Guts...

"Jointer" is the American term for a machine that makes a board flat on its face and edges. In Oz and Europe, such a machine is called a "planer", because that term more accurately describes the process, and the result.

To convert rough sawn timber into dimensioned stock the jointer is used to create one flat face. From that surface, a 90 degree edge can be planed by guiding the flat face against the fence. The next step would be to rip the board to a constant width, then make it a uniform thickness on the thicknesser. (weirdly, this is called a "planer" in North America).


I hope that this explanation is somehow helpful

Greg

Originally Posted by gregoryq

Hi Mud Guts...

n Oz and Europe, such a machine is called a "planer", because that term more accurately describes the process, and the result.


Greg

Also fondly known as a buzzer

Greg,

Thanks so much for the info. At first i thought it did the same job as a thicknesser, but then it dawned on me. A thicknesser will only copy the opposite face to which is being planed, hence not nesecerily ( i cant spell) giving you a 90deg edge. and you'd be buggered if you didn't have a flat side heh?

I'm not a total idiot. I do use table saws and router tables quite a bit, but didn't know what this beast was. Now i'm better for asking.
cheers mate

daniel

The term jointer is also a reference to one of the larger hand planes. Some use a No 6 but I think technically No 7 or No 8 bench planes are referred to as jointers.

They are generally used to prepare the edges of boards for gluing as in a table top.

I guess that's where the power jointers got their name because they are used for similar purposes.

Mr Borer,

I'ts all starting to make sense now.
......umm hand planes? is that what they used to throw at the dinosaurs to shoe them away????

shanx

daniel

Originally Posted by mudguts

Greg,

Thanks so much for the info. At first i thought it did the same job as a thicknesser, but then it dawned on me. A thicknesser will only copy the opposite face to which is being planed, hence not nesecerily ( i cant spell) giving you a 90deg edge. and you'd be buggered if you didn't have a flat side heh?

I'm not a total idiot. I do use table saws and router tables quite a bit, but didn't know what this beast was. Now i'm better for asking.
cheers mate

daniel

Well you are not alone. A mate popped by today to plane some boards flat. He has the makings of a very serious shop, but his first jointer/planer/buzzer will be delivered Friday. He has been reading the wrong articles and didn't appreciate that everything begins with one flat surface.

Greg

Originally Posted by gregoryq

Well you are not alone. A mate popped by today to plane some boards flat. He has the makings of a very serious shop, but his first jointer/planer/buzzer will be delivered Friday. He has been reading the wrong articles and didn't appreciate that everything begins with one flat surface.

Greg

greg

good to know.

cheers

Originally Posted by mudguts

Mr Borer,

I'ts all starting to make sense now.
......umm hand planes? is that what they used to throw at the dinosaurs to shoe them away????

shanx

daniel

That explains why I don't see dinosaurs in my backyard - I knew there was an explanation.

Originally Posted by mudguts

Mr Borer,

I'ts all starting to make sense now.
......umm hand planes? is that what they used to throw at the dinosaurs to shoe them away????

shanx

daniel

Yes, and now they just throw them at the men in white coats to keep them at bay

Mr borer

bet you're a good shot now.

cheers

Originally Posted by mudguts

....bet you're a good shot now.....

I don't know about that, he hasn't had any practice in the last 65 million years....

my neighbour was sayimg the other day that one of the blokes at church "had a 12K jointer" in his shed and had deboned/removed 3.5 fingers on his left hand the other day.

i imagine it must have been a felder - i know of no other 12k jointers; i hope he got a smooth finish on his hand....

So how much effort would it take a darksider to debone/remove 3.5 fingers???
Have to have a lot of patience? Have to try it with my Gorden?????