Differences between a wood jointer and a wood planer
Sometimes people mistake wood jointers and wood planers to
function the same way, no. They actually function differently. A wood jointer
is different from a wood planer and a wood planer is different from a wood
jointer.
How can you tell the difference?
A jointer is a wood working tool which is used for creating
flat surfaces along the edges and faces of a piece of wood. The job of a
jointer is to flatten the edges and faces of a piece of wood.
Most lumber are
mostly sold in the form of rectangular boards, which are normally custom cut in the workshop
into different, thicknesses, widths and length.
When a large piece of lumber is
cut down to different sizes, the surfaces are not even. Here is where a jointer
comes into play. A jointer is used to even up these surfaces.
The wood with the uneven surface is placed in the in-feed
table of a jointer, where it is pushed through steel cutting blades over to the
out-feed table.
This process is done repeatedly until the desired smoothness of
the surface is acquired.
The work of a jointer is to ensure that the surfaces
of pieces of wood are smooth and even so that they can be joined together
without any difficulty.
On the other hand, a planer is not used to flatten the
surface of wood, but to reduce a piece of wood to a desired thickness. When a
piece of wood is too thick to what you desire it for, the planer comes into
play.
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