Christoper Swartz does it again, with another great Jointer Plane Materials Korea article. Salco, it sounds like your beaten up piece of firewood is still performing like an old friend should, and I do like the idea of your long LN gathering dust. If it comes down to buying one before the other then my own advice would be going for the planer instead of the jointer and this is simply because you are likely to buy a pre-milled lumber which is already straight or flat. But if you work with mild domestics, you should consider the trade-offs between the two forms before you make a purchase. Prized by collectors, the No.
The bench plane has three jobs in the woodshop: to straighten the wood, to smooth it and to remove it. It sounds so simple when you put it that way, but many woodworkers are confused by all the different sizes of bench planes available, from the tiny /2″-long No. 1 smooth plane up to the monstrous 24″-long No. 8 jointer plane. Jan 17,  · Even though your require the services of the jointer and planer to square, straight and flat lumber surfaces, it is quite better to start using the jointer. This is because the primary aim of the jointer is to make two edges of any lumber material to be square and flat. A general rule of thumb is that a hand plane can flatten a piece of wood that is about two times its length. The extended length of a jointer plane means you can straighten, edge, or flatten a piece of wood that is over 40” long. What makes a jointer plane so effective in flattening long surfaces is its long sole.

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