Thread: Wood jointer

Originally Posted by Classic88

Does anyone near Sydney have a large wood jointer they could run a couple of timber slabs through for me to get the warp out of them please?

If you can't find one on here, try your local "Mens Shed". I do a bit of woodworking in Kalgoorlie, and any tools / machines I don't have, I can always find at the local Shed.

You need a Buzzer and Thicknesser.
Try a local joiner?

A Joiner is usually something to join the boards like a Biscuit Joiner or Festool Domino Joiner (They are awesome we have one).

Originally Posted by Piddler

You need a Buzzer and Thicknesser.
Try a local joiner?

A Joiner is usually something to join the boards like a Biscuit Joiner or Festool Domino Joiner (They are awesome we have one).

No - a "jointer" is a very specific woodworking tool, which flattens a face or straightens and squares an edge of a piece of timber, where a thicknesser planes a piece of timber to thickness.

Sorry, I gave my jointer to a local Men's Shed as it made too much mess for home use.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Sorry, I gave my jointer to a local Men's Shed as it made too much mess for home use.

Mess! Tell me about it. SWMBO bought a very nice gate leg table at a deceased estate auction. One leg was missing. Quote for one from a local cabinet maker/wood turner sent her to the wine cask. "Can you make one on your lathe?" I sent her off to buy the appropriate piece of timber, cut out a profile from traffic sign aluminium (Shh) and made a spring loaded jig so the toolpost would follow the profile. Quite successful. Then came clean up time. Bloody wood shavings and dust everywhere and I mean everywhere. I was still finding pockets of it years later. Told her no more wood work ever. Next time she will get a nice steel or aluminium leg.

Originally Posted by BMKal

No - a "jointer" is a very specific woodworking tool, which flattens a face or straightens and squares an edge of a piece of timber, where a thicknesser planes a piece of timber to thickness.

Thank you, I just learned something.....now , how did it get the name?

Sometimes also called a surfacer.
One would face & edge a board on the jointer/surfacer before thicknessing to hopefully have something that is dead straight & not twisted.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Thank you, I just learned something.....now , how did it get the name?

What Does a Jointer Do? - Ask Matt #13 - YouTube