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   SgianDubh | Mar 25, 2003 01:38pm | #1

   Not from me Brian, but I note that you're persistent. I'll simply refer you back to the last time you asked the question on March 16 '03, at,  http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=11241.1 and to the answer I gave there.

   There are very real safety concerns in attempting what you are trying to do, especially if you are an inexperienced beginner, as you state that you are---- on the other hand (pun intended) it's not my fingers being put at risk, and some people get pretty nifty at typing with their stumps-- I am for one. Not much drops below my radar screen around here, and I seem to have a prodigious memory for who posts what, and when, even going back for years, ha, ha. Slainte.

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   forestgirl | Mar 25, 2003 07:08pm | #3

   Good one, Richard!  I knew I was experiencing deja vu all over again, but the data wasn't accessing for details!  (BTW:  I picked up the Woodwork magazine the other night.  Great article.  Only thing I couldn't figure out was how you get that close to all that Naptha, sans respirator, without passing out! <g>

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   Edited 3/25/2003 12:09:21 PM ET by forestgirl

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   SgianDubh | Mar 25, 2003 07:24pm | #4

   About 6,000 sq. ft., FG, the roller doors at either end of the building open, two 3' dia. fans in cases jammed under one of the doors birling away flat out, the gap between the fans sealed off with a sheet of MDF, and any dust and fumes pass through the workshop pretty fast, ha, ha. Glad you enjoyed the verbal diarrhoea. Slainte.Website    The poster formerly known as Sgian Dubh.

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   fourquarter | Mar 26, 2003 07:11am | #5

   I will second Richard's advice. It can be done, but for the love of fingers be careful. The one and only time I ever injured myself woodworking was doing this exact thing. I removed the guard, made one pass, then went to flip the board and noticed some dust on the table, before I could stop myself I "brushed" the sawdust and my finger into the maw. Like every machine in the shop the jointer can turn you from pig to bacon pretty fast.

   So for the love of God be careful.

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   BrianMcG | Mar 28, 2003 08:20am | #10

   Chills...... I'll be sticking to rip, joint and glue. Thanks, Brian

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   ChasStanford | Mar 25, 2003 01:51pm | #2

   Brian, it REALLY is not that difficult to flatten a board with a handplane.  Flatten one face with a jack plane and then use your power planer in the normal manner. 

   There has been more than one article in FW about processing stock with handplanes.

   I'll save the "throw all your powertools away" speech for later...

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   RANGERP75R | Mar 26, 2003 07:17pm | #6

   Brian

      Rip it, joint it and re-glue. Or, use a hand plane or get a 12" jointer. Just my opinion. If you do proceed, better yee than me. ha..ha..

   sarge..jt

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   BrianMcG | Mar 28, 2003 08:16am | #9

   Thanks everybody, I'm convinced! I'm sticking to what I believe to be the safest,cheapest method..rip,joint and glue if needed. Like my fingers where they are thank you very much!

   Brian

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   roninfante | Mar 27, 2003 01:26pm | #7

   Brian,

   In case the previous replies don't resonate with you because you are sure that proper care will obviate safety concerns lets consider a practical problem. Suppose that you wish to flatten a board that has a little bit of cup. The board is 12" wide. Assuming you lay it cup side down, the edge away from the fence will drop below the jointer's table. The jointer will create a flat surface that angles toward the center of the board. After you flip to flatten in the opposite direction you will have two planes meeting at the center of the wood. If you think about the difficulty of jointing with the cup side up you should conclude that this is not a good idea; and I haven't mentioned the issue of changing grain direction.

   I know Popular Woodworking trumpets this idea as a way of increasing one's jointer capacity it is not worth the safety risk if it doesn't work anyway.

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   peterg62901 | Mar 28, 2003 03:59am | #8

   Find a local shop with a 12" joiner and have them do it.  Low cost and good result.