You will eventually want both planer and jointer. But for my 2 cents I would start off with the jointer. If you get one skip the 6 inch model most people start with and get at least an 8 inch jointer. I got a Grizzly 8 inch and love it. You can work on you hand plane skills to flatten boards until you have enough to get a good planer.
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I certainly am not an expert, but a planer can be used with a sled to plane the edge ("joint") of boards up to the capacity of the planer, it costs a lot less than an 8" jointer and takes up vastly less space, and it can plane much wider board faces than the jointer.
Makes sense to me.
I'm concerned about kick back since an episode with a former table saw - do you think that's a safe enough way to do it? I'd rather use a planer because of price and small shop size. thanks for the reply
Just watched a great Fine Woodworking video on your idea of using a planing sled ( can be as long as you want). Gonna have some fun making one and start checking out planers. Already made a good sized jig for cutting a straight edge on rough wood. A Christmas present of large slabs of rough cut cedar, camphor, red elm and Cypress got me all excited but I just couldn't figure out how to safely work them into manageable pieces. Can't wait for chips to start flyin.thanks again
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