Flattening Boards With A Jointer. But, what if you want to flatten the face of a highly figured board without a ripline interrupting the figure? Mark/scribe a line along the entire. Question i need to flatten some boards that are too wide for my 6 jointer.
So given a board that is more than 15 cm wide, the challenge is how to initially flatten one side without a wide enough jointer.
Planers should be used after a board has been passed through a jointer to make the entire board a uniform thickness and make the second side parallel with the side that has been flattened by the jointer. Even though i had my planer for a couple of years before getting a jointer i never went through the process of building a planer sled. Usually the first step in this process with the faces is to hop onto the jointer, and flatten your face. If you can justify something like the lie nielsen. It's just like cutting a giant rabbet: So yeah….flattening a board wider than the jointer. Powermatic located the power switch over the cutting table for convenience. You can flatten a board that's slightly wider than your jointer by removing the guard.