15" planer with only a 6" jointer

absolutely! basic idea is to support warped sections and joint the upper face on the planer. google “planer sled” with or without quotes…

some useful links:

http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?search=planer%20tips
http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=5245
http://lumberjocks.com/Koonan/blog/4733
http://www.woodworking-online.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13747
http://modernwoodshop.com/2008/06/18/flattening-wide-boards-with-a-planer-sled/

Steve,
very good question! What I routinely do is cut the board in half then face joint booth halves, plane to thickness, joint the edges and glue back together. When done properly, it is practically unnoticeable.

-- Brian http://www.garagewoodworks.com

Marc Spagnulo on his website has a great video demonstrating jointers, and jointing without them. The video is called “The Jointer’s Jumpin” and it is well worth a look…
http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-6-the-jointers-jumpin/

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

I have a 20” planer and an 8” joiner ???? All I can say is its nice to be able to run 2 or 3 boards at a time. After one is started and gone about 6” (usually scrap) I feed the next then the next and so on, it prevents snipe. Another reason is I run my glued up boards to clean them up but make sure they are still flat after glue up. If there not I use a card scraper to level one side and clean squeezed out glue off first.

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