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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
 

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#2 ·
Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Hi Tim;

Nice write up.

This does work on wider boards as well, as they can't tip. The feed rollers prevent it.

Lee
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Thanks for the info, Lee. I normally don't have any boards wider than 10", so haven't tried this method on them.
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Brilliant! The analytic prowess of the persons of Lumberjocks amazes me.
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Great tip! I didn't 'get it' until you posted the pics. Thanks for going to the trouble to do this.
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Clever.
I'm acually amazed it works that the tilting is not making it take more on one side unless the rabbet is 1/4 as the baoard. Cool idea, thank you.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Mads, I only joint the board until its mostly flat, which is usually less than 1/4" I think that if the amount of wood riding on the plywood is greater than the over hang, the leverage is not enough to cause the board to tilt. That's provided the hold down springs on your planer are adjusted equally. And actually, if the board did tilt a little, it would be flattened out when you flip it over. Just be a little thinner when you're finished.
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
what a great tip tim

t'll have to use this sometime

thanks
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Exelent.
Thank you.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Very good tip . I would guess if you have a 12" board and a 4" jointer you could joint both edgs and make a sled with a space in the middle and then send it through your planner.
Thanks for sharing.
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Thanks, I appreciate the photo series. Good description.
I have heard that one heavy pass is best when you first start this operation. The theory is that once the difference between the flattened side of the board and the rough side of the board exceeds your cut depth, then the rough side will start riding up on the planer near the guard mount.
Have you found this to be true?
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
I must say, Tenontim, You are smarter than the average "possum!! I had heard of it being done but I never put much faith in the process. It certainly sounds like something I need to know!
 

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Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Willie, I think it would ride up on the guard mount, especially if you're jointing some really cupped boards. If I have any that have a lot of cup, I will rip them down, as someone previously mentioned. The main thing is to just get a mostly flat surface for the board to ride on. It doesn't have to be completely jointed, just have a supporting surface down the length of the board, to prevent the planer rollers from pressing the board down to follow the uneven top surface. You'll clean up the jointed face when you flip the board over.
 

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#14 ·
Face Jointing Wide Boards on a 6" Jointer

After commenting and following a post by MichaelJ, I decided that a picture or two is worth a thousand words. So, here's how I do it. (I had also posted in the past another way, but I like this method better)
First, remove the blade guard on your planer. Set the fence to the maximum width.
Wood Gas Flooring Machine Hardwood

Face joint the board as you normally would, until the jointable surface is flat.
Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Plywood

You should now have the flat, jointed surface and the "rabbet" from the overhang.
Rectangle Table Wood Wood stain Floor

This is the spacer board, which I made from 1/4" plywood. I also have some made from tempered hardboard.
I made a variety of length, to use with different length boards. I glued a stop block on the end to keep the spacer from slipping out from under the board while planing.
Wood Rectangle Table Grass Flooring

Place the stop block on the infeed side of the board
Table Wood Rectangle Floor Wood stain

Set your planer and plane the rough side of the board until flat.
Wood Flooring Gas Rectangle Electrical tape

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Hardwood

Flip the board over and set planer to remove the "rabbet" and plane to desired thickness.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Wood Table Flooring Hardwood Wood stain

I haven't used this on boards wider than 9" - 9.5". There could be some tilting on boards wider than that. Maybe if someone has some wider boards they could experiment and let us know.
Wow , this is a great time saver , TT…I see you have the Powermatic jointer there. Thanks for responding to my pulley question earlier today : )
Have a great weekend !
 

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