Jointer Size Doesn't Matter! Flatten Large Boards on a Smaller Jointer

Great video! I've thought about doing that for a couple of years but was reluctant till I witnessed you doing just that. I have the same 8" jointer and a 1033X planer. Got some wide cherry lumber and didn't have a clue how I was going to process it. Now i know. Thanks

It might seem small, but I highly appreciate the degree of safety you showed in this video, including turning the jointer off whenever your hand had the faintest chances of getting close to the rotating knives of the jointer. That's professionalism right there and it shows you respect the power of the machines you use. This video stands in stark contrast to most "how-to" videos on YT and I thank you for showing others proper tool safety guidelines. It is paramount to keep all limbs intact, from the womb to the grave.

Great tips

Thanks for the tip!

Everyone line up to lose your fingers!
Hilarious....wears a mask and does absolutely everything else with safety non existent.,...doesnt even realize it....Doing something stupid has now been called a "tip" or "trick". How ignorant.

So what if I were to face joint a 12 inch board on a 6 inch jointer? Could I not just face joint one 6 inch side the flip it around a land face joint the other 6 inches? New woodworker here, just wondering if that would work

Pretty slick!

I'm going to try this! It looks significantly more efficient than using a sled with hot glue and shims to stabilize the board for flattening the first side.

So a question to the group. Why can't you just flip the board end for end and joint the same face going in the opposite direction?

This is a great break down of a very simple process that is usually over though. Thanks for getting straight to it! Best video I’ve watched in a while

Insurance Company's have gotta love this video

Stop it with flattening wide boards with a jointer. Build a sled for your planer

This may sound like a stupid question, I’m interested in woodworking but don’t have any equipment yet…. Why can’t the piece be flipped to have the overhang run on the jointer with the live edge against the fence???

In your logic, you don't need a jointer nor planer, you can do it all with a bench plane.

I only have a 6" bench top jointer and it made things pretty tricky because the cherry boards I'm using have some crowning and twisting after drying. I had to get out a portable jointer and take the portion that overhung down in order to make additional passes to get it to ride the board on the planer without doing funky stuff. It's doing its job but adds some extra steps. Great video!

Anyone?

Ok guys, so I’m about to buy my jointer tomorrow, so a 6” jointer is ok? If I mostly work with 10 inch boards?

Nice method! Thank you..

You got lucky man you almost lost every finger tip you have. Good video but you should have pointed that out a viewer might not be so lucky. If you have too small of a space you shouldn’t be trying that big of a board. But hey stay safe man

I have a 6" jointer so can see there might be a problem. Thanks for the tip.

I just remove the guard- and the rail. Then I can use the jointer to remove high spots, which is the only thing a joiner can do. Just think of it as an upside down jointer plane. The only limitation is a board so large it is too difficult to handle.

Well explained and demonstrated ... Thanks and Cheers!!

That is brilliant!

Great idea. 👍👍

Shades of "Next Level Carpentry" you should have given him some credit Tyler?

Tyler, I see that you stepped up your game from Ridgid power tools. Congrats on that. What I am surprised with is you still only have such a low subscription count. I have followed your channel for years now but I have never paid much attention to your sub numbers.

ok silly question from a newbie woodworker.... you joint the one side great.. now... why not just flip it right over and joint the rrmaining inches??

Thank you.

Great tip and well demonstrated without any extra jabber. Gotta say though that when you reach over the end of the board with your finger tips right over the mouth of the cutter I had to pause and go get a stiff drink. Be careful pal!

When I can’t get the job done with a #7 hand plane then it’s time to hang up my apron!

I've done novice wood working for 25 years, with no jointer or planer. From what I can see here, using this technique, as long as you have both a jointer, and a planer, you could basically use a 4" jointer and a normal size planer to do almost all normal boards, up to the width of the planer? Using this technique means there isn't an absolute necessity to own a larger planer? It also appears that there is no way to flatten a board without owning BOTH tools.

This is very clever

Wow, just viewed this, and couldn't believe no one noticed that he turned the jointed on, then grabbed the board end fractions of a inch from the spinning finger remover! Consider yourself very Lucy man!

Brilliant!

I thought, at first, this was going to show how to mill the board on the jointer only.

I'm kind of new to planers and jointers. Why didn't you just run it through the planer in the first place? Why did it have to go through the jointer at all?

I doubt that gives you two actually perpendicular surfaces. I'm sure they're flat but with the pressure the rollers put down I highly doubt it's not tilting the board a bit on the overhanging side as it goes through the planer.

This might sound ignorant, but to all the people warning about how fingers are easily lost with this method, can you please elaborate for me? I'm trying to understand what might happen that I'm not understanding here, given that the slab extends wider than the blades (assuming the slab is supported in all directions and doesn't just tip off forward).

It CAN be done.. but so can purchasing a good used 12” machine for the price of maybe little more thsn s new 6” with helical cutterhead. I have a 12” cantek, 3 blade straight knife i biught for $1,000 Cad. Put $500 into a brand new 5 hp, 5,000rpm, single phase motor. So $1500 , new motor, HD machine… pretty good deal. Not so rare or hard to find desls.

nice

“Just remember to . . .”

You already lost me. 😂

What is the brand of the thickness planer?

Nice trick, I have an 8 inch jointer, and a very nice, but only 12 inch powermatic planer. I will put that trick in my toolbox for those 8 to 12" wide slabs. Thumbs up!

do you find that the rollers of the planer push down the unsupported side while planing though? i would think that would cause the side being planed to be warped coming out.

Great idea but are we not limited to size of thicknesser we have

Awesome trick man !

This is fantastic!!! Looks like I'm making a jig for my planer today... Thanks!!

show us all on a benchtop jointer and planer now X-D

Dude literally sticks his fingers in the path of the blade within 2 seconds of having the jointer on. 😵😵😵😵