Class

Setting Up & Using Jointers & Planers

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At a Glance:

In-depth Instruction; over 101 mins
On-demand video access anytime
Bonus downloadable PDF resources
Access to class Q&A

Item: W0512E

Description

Jointers and planers are similar, but not identical. Each machine has a different function, but both machines are extremely useful when it comes to creating precisely machined boards in your shop.

Additionally, buying your lumber rough sawn and doing you own jointing and planing can save you a lot of money!

In broad strokes, jointers are the perfect tool for flattening faces and creating edges that are smooth, straight and square. Planers provide two parallel faces, and guarantee that every board you machine is exactly the same thickness.

This class will help you double check your machines to make sure they’re correctly set up. This includes knife changes on both the jointer and planer, with techniques provided for perfectly setting the jointer knives. You’ll learn how to lubricate and maintain your jointer and planer for optimum performance. You’ll also learn:

• How to read wood grain for proper feed direction to avoid tear out
• Tricks for getting the jointer fence perfectly square
• Low-tech tips for setting jointer knives
• Jointer and planer safety
• What materials can and can’t be jointed and planed
• How to eliminate jointer snipe
• Safe and proper techniques for face jointing
• Using the jointer to cut rabbets
• Jointing tapers
• Levelling planer infeed and outfeed tables
• How to reduce or eliminate planer snipe
• Planing extremely thin stock
• Using your planer to clean up sawn edges

This class will help make sure you get the most out of your jointer and planer by helping you properly set the machines, and safely use them to their full potential.

Class Sessions

Setting Jointer Knives

Setting Jointer Knives

19:34

Once your jointer knives become dull they’ll need to be sharpened and replaced. When installing the new knives, they need to be set so they’re parallel to the outfeed table, and are all set at a consistent height. No fancy equipment is required for this; the work can be done with a good quality straight edge. We’ll show you how.

Setting the Jointer Table

Setting the Jointer Table

10:16

Since we’ll be setting the table using test cuts, we’ll start this session by providing you with proper jointer safety techniques. Next, you’ll learn how to perfectly set the outfeed table to eliminate snipe from your cuts, and how to calibrate the infeed table so you know exactly how much material is being removed with each pass.

Squaring the Fence and Lubricating the Bed

Squaring the Fence and Lubricating the Bed

7:19

If you want square edges on your jointed material, you’ve got to have the fence set square. We’ll start the set-up process by using a common shop tool, and double check the results by making cuts. Choice of material used for the test cuts is critical; we’ll walk you through the best choices for this.

Proper Jointer Technique

Proper Jointer Technique

21:54

You’ll get the best possible cuts on your jointer by feeding your material in the right direction, based on grain direction. In this session, you’ll learn to read the grain. We’ll also cover proper safety and techniques that should be used for:

wide pieces
narrow pieces
face jointing
cutting rabbets
jointing tapers

Benchtop Planers

Benchtop Planers

6:12

In order to get the most out of your planer it’s important to understand how it works, and how it differs from jointer. You’ll learn how to determine the shortest piece of material you can safely plane, how to clean the feed rollers, and general machine maintenance.

Set the Table

3:54

Changing knives on a benchtop planer is fairly simple, but there are tricks that will make it go better for you. There are typically A LOT of bolts holding the knives in place. You’ll see a shortcut for removing and reinstalling the bolts. When new knives go in you need to make certain there’s no debris that will interfere with the knives doing their work. Proper cleaning is critical.

Changing Knives

Changing Knives

9:39

You won’t get flat faces on your work if the infeed and outfeed tables aren’t correctly set. Leveling these tables to the planer main table is key to good quality work. It can easily be done using standard items in your shop, but it’s imperative that it’s done correctly. You’ll learn how.

Cutting Techniques

Cutting Techniques

17:36

Now that your planing is cutting cleanly and precisely, let’s look at specific planer techniques. In this final session, you’ll learn how to:

Establish the proper depth for a first planer pass
Eliminate snipe
Use the planer for edge jointing narrow pieces
Plane extremely thin stock

Bonus: More about Jointers and Planers

Bonus: More about Jointers and Planers

1:27

Learn more about the value of these helpful shop machines.

Setting up and Using Jointers and Planers Meet Your Instructor

Setting up and Using Jointers and Planers Meet Your Instructor

2:31

Learn more about your instructor.

Your Instructor

George Vondriska

Formally trained in technology education, George Vondriska has been teaching woodworking since 1986. He has been the managing editor of Woodworkers Guild of America since 2007. In addition to classes at his own Vondriska Woodworks School, George teaches at woodworking shows across the country and has taught woodworking for the Peace Corps, Andersen Window, Northwest Airlines and the Pentagon.

George Vondriska

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