Cynthia White
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There's something I'm still trying to understand regarding a jointer versus a planer.
I have read some people say that after they glue up boards, they run them through the planer.
What I don't understand is, after you laminate boards together, if they aren't flat, wouldn't you run them through the jointer, and then the planer? Wouldn't you need to make sure one side is perfectly flat and the other side is perfectly flat *and* parallel? Why run them just through the planer?
And, if they were perfectly flat on both sides and parallel before you glued them together, why plane them again? or why joint *and* plane them again? I mean you would already have the boards at the thickness you want, right?
What am I missing here?
I have read some people say that after they glue up boards, they run them through the planer.
What I don't understand is, after you laminate boards together, if they aren't flat, wouldn't you run them through the jointer, and then the planer? Wouldn't you need to make sure one side is perfectly flat and the other side is perfectly flat *and* parallel? Why run them just through the planer?
And, if they were perfectly flat on both sides and parallel before you glued them together, why plane them again? or why joint *and* plane them again? I mean you would already have the boards at the thickness you want, right?
What am I missing here?