What Does a Jointer Do? – Ask Matt #13
What Does a Jointer Do? – Ask Matt #13
A jointer is a very important tool in a woodworking shop. Its job is to set the foundation for all future work you will be doing with a board. Being able to properly mill a board flat and true is a fundamental task in woodworking because flat work pieces lead to more precise and consistent joinery in your projects.
This is the thirteenth episode of my Ask Matt series. If you have a topic suggestion please feel free to send it to me.
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WHY is the title Jointer? You show a planner?
They are not in the same plane. Their surfaces are parallel.
Damn didn’t think I needed another fucking tool. This God damn hobby I swear..
did the question come from Perkins builder brothers ?
This is the first video of yours that I’ve seen and the topic was so well explained that I had to sub. Well done and keep it up!
Thank you great job.
This is very detailed thanks a lot so ussful
Thank you so much for sharing this information! Definitely a big help
What is the name of the glue jar that he uses at 12:22? Where can I get it?
How do you deal with a board where the facing edge has damage or is not true (parallel) to opposite facing edge?
Maye use Jointer to insure reference edge and then table saw for opposite edge?
Thanks Matt
Thank for this video. You answered my question about the differences and uses of these wood working tools that I never really understood. I’m just getting into woodworking as a hobby.
Matthew, there is another jointer. It’s a simple edge with a saw that will cut into the board. You set the boards together and press so the saw cuts into the edge of the board to place a wafer into then you make sure that you have the cut from the sawblade in both boards in the same way. Place glue in the holes and stick the wafer or biscuit in the hole. Then glue the other board the same way and press it into the other board to bring a marriage to the boards so they become one.
2 million views…..I guess we wanted to know this stuff…
Great lesson! I’m blown away at the effort given to properly explain the purpose and use of these tools. Thank You
Very informative. My bro just bought a planner and we both looked at each other and asked, so what is the jointer for? I thought it was only for the side of the wood and not the face. After we ran planks on his planner, know I must have one. After watching this video, now I must also have a joiner.
Wow great video thank you.
Thank you Matt. 👍
Very informative. Nice shop.
Well explained!
… but dangerous use of the machine, putting your hands over the blade, ESPECIALLY when the safety cover was off! Beginners should NOT copy this technique!
Do you know that boards warp and bend from the pull of the moon just as the ocean ebbs and flows from the pull of the moon?
Hi Matt, what jointer and what planer would you recommend to a your basic amateur woodworker? Thanks in advance.
What good is a planer without a jointer and vis-versa?
hi…I made a safety guide after watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.
Hi ,Frank Hurley from knotty ash, UK.
I have in the past used a planer thicknesser to produce boards for kitchen cabinets etc.
When you joined yours for a panel, I see you did not mention reversing the arch of the grain to prevent warping.
Great video 💯
why the downvotes it good info ??
You can also square the end with a chop saw now that the bottom and side are trued up. The best way to view a jointer is as a support tool, it doesn’t do much by itself but when you use it with a planar, a table saw, or a chop saw, you massively increase the precision of those other tools.
What if I have a electric hand planer would you buy a jointer first then
The planes are Parallel. You’re welcome 🙂
What does a jointer do? WELL IT MAKES JOINTS, MAN> WOO WOO LETS PARTY!
thank you too very much!
Love your candidness and to the point style. Quite refreshing in a YouTube world filled with polish and fluff.
Thanks for this informative video! 🙂 I still do not get where the word "jointer" comes from … ^^
excellent
well done, to the point and truly informative
I like how you show the results of doing it wrong before showing us how to do it right. Thumbs up
The real challenge is to use a #7 hand plane with a razor sharp iron and plane the edges and put some glue on the edge and rub the two edges together until they are properly aligned and cannot move due to a suction and no need for clamps…. It takes practice….
This Jointer is HUGE. very nice.
I have zero experience, and after watching your great video one question comes to mind, after completely removing all inconsistencies and getting one board flat on all sides, how do you know how much material you have removed so that the next 10 boards (for example) end up being the same exact thickness, since you will have to remove different amounts of material on all boards to get them all nice and flat, would you have to run all of them through the planner and set the thickness to match that of the thinnest board?. As I mentioned, I have zero experience. Thanks!
how do you spell that … coplanarity? love it…
Well explained. Thank you.
Now I really want a jointer.
This was perfect to understand!
Tjs le creu sur la table c la base…… suis menuisier depuis 20 ans et restaurateur monument , même en passant des bois de 3 m c pareil…..
can you plane a door using a jointer?
I don’t think you’ve aged the last 6 years lol
Great presentation.
Can you post a link were you got the clamps from please? or provide the name of them.
You are a very good instructor and teacher